Which Highchair?

[jamakin]

definatly go the ikea one first (its white plastic) and if you really don't like it then you've only wasted $40 not $400! we have and just started using it with DS, he loves it and i find it really easy to clean and move around. my husband just said "highly recommend it" so it must be good

[Bathsheba]

I felt the same about my reclining high-chair... very worth it for the comfort and safety factor... but horrible to clean... I ended up just putting it in the shower!!!

Do the Ikea ones have a 5 point harness? Or any kind of strap-in system? I've heard they don't... and that would really concern me.

[jamakin]

no they dont have a 5 point harness but they do have a lap strap, its ok but i wouldn't leave ds unattended in it, but i guess i wouldn't either way.

[Bathsheba]

Yep, some children would be ok to leave sitting in the chair while you turned your back for a minute or two while you fetched a paper towel etc... but many wouldn't... they would try to wriggle out of the lap strap quick as a flash. Ikea obviously make a good chair... shame they can't incorporate a safer harness. It's horrific seeing a child fall from a highchair... and it can happen so easily.... you can't watch them all the time, especially if you have other small children.