High Chairs?

[Jas]

Hi,

I actually agree with Kiera's mum. My mum has the Fisher Price Aquarium high chair and at home we have the rainforest version (same design etc just a new pattern on the padded bit because it's the newer range) I think they're fantastic high chairs and I don't find the padding annoying at all. I think it seems comfortable and I get in the cracks with a normal cloth to get the food out and I have just pulled the padded bit of an soaked it just in water for a little be to give it a top up clean kinda thing.

[Curly]

Okay well everyone has already said about how much of a PITA it is cleaning one of those nice comfy looking highchairs so I won't repeat that.

Apparently in some states the IKEA highchair actually has a waiting list - up to 3 months!!! So if you decide you like the look of it, plan ahead and buy it early.

FYI for everyone else - I have a padded Steelcraft chair and here's how I get it spick and span, clean as a whistle:

Remove the padding and the straps and put it in the washing machine on a gentle cycle with my normal laundry detergent. Straps can go in one of those lingerie wash bags if you like. Hang it out on the line. If there are still any food stains on the trim the UV light from the sun breaks those down. Wipe down the entire frame of the high chair in the meantime with just normal multi purpose spray and wipe type of cleaner. Stubborn, dried, cement like food bits come off easily with a bit of tea tree oil.

Obviously it gets wiped down after each use but when it starts looking manky the padded seat gets chucked in the machine. My DS is now 2 years old and we've had the highchair since he was 5 months old and it still looks new. HTH.

[alioops]

We have a padded highchair with removable machine washable padding. The one we had before this one was a PITA to clean. It was a cheapie and the covers could not be removed so there was always food caught in the nooks. When the covers are off our highchair I can hose it down. The tray is completely removable on our highchair so Emma uses it to sit at the dinner table and eat with the rest of the family, but when our next bub needs the highchair she will go in a booster on a normal chair.

[queenbee]

We had the Steelcraft Messina for a month and then got rid of it. It was a great chair but food ALWAYS got stuck everywhere, such a bother to clean. It cost $199 at the time. So we went and bought an IKEA ANTILOP chair for $39. IT IS EXCELLENT, it is SO EASY TO CLEAN!! I wished I had bought the Ikea one at first. We love it and so does our DD.