We had a Steelcraft Messina too and put DD1 in it when she was 4 months old so she could sit a bit higher with everyone. I loved that it reclined, was soft and with the tray off was fabulous for her to look around. The only thing was when the girls got older and the food was a bit more adventurous I would find bits of stuff in all the folds and would be forever trying to clean it out.

A friend had an Ikea chair and it looked fantastic and practical and 100 times easier to clean.