Full Cover Bib

have you thought of taking a turtleneck - in a size or two too large - and cutting up the back of it so you can just slip it on them? that would cover neck, chest and arms. put velcro or ties on the back of it to keep it somewhat closed.

Use some of the receiving blankets I'm sure you have lying around. This is what I've started to do at home, and what we do at the daycare I work at. As long as you get it tied tight enough around the neck, no food should get there. With some foods (I know carrots seems to be a bad one) you might want to tuck a washcloth in the top of the shirt so the shirt doesn't still get stained.

My kids were never messy eaters, but we waited to start solids till 6 mos. and they ready? Maybe they are pushing too much food out of their mouths? We got full cover bib at USA Baby but have always used it for a fingerpaint smock, but it does have a really high neck. Good Luck!

Try getting a long bib and tuck it into the front part of the highchair if possible. I had a highchair that had 2 trays and the top tray would snap onto the bottom part, making it very easy to tuck something into it. That helps alot if you can find a way to tuck it up off their clothes. Or, try a large shirt of your hubby's or yours, or even an older siblings shirt that you could slip up and over them while eating...and still use a bib.

we started cereal and purees at about 5.5 months. but didn't really need bibs until he was finger fed. anyway, i recently bought a couple of these:

http://store.babycenter.com/product/long+sleeved+bib.do?s...

and some towel bibs like this (i found them on etsy.com):

http://www.jennabugdesigns.com/images/towel_bib1.jpg

You should try cotton "flour sack" towels. I bought mine at Target in the kitchen towel department. They come in many colors, and are large enough to cover an antire toddler. My daycare lady recommended them a year ago, and they work like a charm. You just take two corners and tie them in a not around their neck. My son, who is 2, still can't get them off on his own either! People laugh when he wears them because he looks like he's waiting for his big BBQ rib dinner.

We took old towels and cut neck/head holes in the middle. They slipped over their heads like tunics, and washed up easily.

You could try a small plastic art smock.

Get some long-sleeved shirts, onesies, whatever that fit them, and cut the back/bottom out. Voila.

When I had my daughter on eof my friends made me some bibs which worked wondeful. You take a large dish towel and cut out a circle large enought for her head to fit through, then you cut off the top of a turtle neck and sew it in, this way it fits snuggly around the neck and covers most of the child. I love them, plus you can design your own and they are realativly cheap to make, I bought turtle necks at a second hand store so the entire project only was about $2.00 a bib.

one step ahead has a few full body bibs that are easily washable. Also a company called bumpkin's offers one.\

http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId...

what i found works best is getting an oversized shirt and using that. a shirt that you dont care about of course.