It's really the straps that are a PITA in the 'mainstream' highchairs and not the seams or padding IMO. It really just isn't that hard to clean them and certainly doesn't take 10 minutes. Straps and buckles are on all high chairs and that is where the food often stains or gets stuck. When it comes to cleaning a 'non-Ikea' highchair, I just wipe it down with the same cloth I've used to clean DD - or another if she's too grotty, lol! As I said early, I give my chair a quick vacuum when I do the house (2-3 times a week) and it's seriously isn't a problem.
Everyone said I should get the Ikea chair too but I really don't see what all the fuss about the 'normal' chairs is about - it just isn't that hard!
I got a cheapie foldup one from Toys R Us - it has snoopy on it! lol
TBH I wanted one that was multi height, so I could feed them from the couch of whatever, but I got this one as it was easily transportable which we needed at the time. I loved it. It was $100 and it is padded, but not like full on, there is nowhere for the food to get stuck etc. It wipes clean in a second, DD used it from 9 months through to 2 years and still does sometimes.
I also had a Childcare brand hook on high chair, which she still uses. It is great for breakfast bar benches and dining tables, it is collapsable and easy to use - fits in my suitcase and is light as so I travel with it frequently. It was $60, and really, if we hadn't have travelled to Melbourne without it, I would never have bought the big 'proper' highchair at all.
highchair, I just wipe it down with the same cloth I've used to clean DD - or another if she's too grotty, lol! As I said early, I give my chair a quick vacuum when I do the house (2-3 times a week) and it's seriously isn't a problem.
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