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So I've got no idea really!
Looked on Choice and a couple of years back they recommended these:
CAM Campione $239
CHICCO Polly $300
JANE Activa $199
PEG PEREGO Prima Pappa Diner $379
But I don't know if there's better ones on the market now? Who has used what, and what would you recommend?
TIA,
Belfie
I bought steelcraft mealtime and love it.
It reclines 3 settings and was on special!!!!
We have the Ikea one, it was about $50 and I absolutely love it. It is super easy to clean and the legs come off so it is also easy to take anywhere.
I have a proper one on wheels that reclines etc (a Bruin one) - but we actually use the Fisher Price healthy booster instead. It just clips onto a chair at table - takes up so much less space, it's hard plastic (so it's easy to clean), DS can sit at the table with us. If I had my time again, I wouldn't bother with the full high chair - just the booster.
i have the prima pappa and im not happy i think its toooo big i wold rather a smaller design if i bought another one. structurally its great just a bit bulky maybe i need a bigger place :)
the ikea one is fantastic. so cheap and practical, you can't go wrong.
I absolutely agree about the Ikea one! I've tried others that recline, etc, but they are soooo hard to clean. All the food gets in the crevices and it goes really yuck. The Ikea Antilop highchair is so easy to clean and it looks great :)
I vouch for the Ikea one too. Not from personal experience, but my sister has 3, 1 for each daughter & she loves them
As nice as they are, they really are a PIA to clean (the highchairs you mentioned.....).HOnestly, save your money for something else....like yourself, and buy the ikea one. My mum bought it for our DD#3 and i chucked our peg pegero out....its the easiest thing in the world to clean, and when they are a little smaller (6-10mths) i recommend buying the blow up back support thingy that ikea sell too......
aaah so interesting - thank you ladies!
Couple more questions then - obviously the recline feature makes the a PITA to clean... but do you need/use the recline function?
Also, the older ikea chair (the Gulliver - it was a wooden one) was panned by choice for the following reasons:
- Only two-point harness.
- We found the legs need to be levelled during construction, which is not pointed out in the instructions.
- Seat is comparatively narrow.
- No tray supplied (available separately).
Now these comments actually refer to an older wooden style highchair, but for those who've used the Ikea one, were any of the bad points listed above an issue? When I look at the Antilop it looks very basic, and I wondered if an active child could wriggle out of it? (plus to be honest, I didn't love the look of it - but maybe I always had this image of bubba boy in a more traditional chair - silly me lol :doh:)
I was also keen to get one on wheels, as I've a couple of different places I might use it (and I do have room for a larger one)... but I guess they're lightweight so mebbe wheels don't matter and I could just carry it..?
And finally, if I decided I still wanted a recliney wheely one... given they're hard to clean would I be better getting new rather than second-hand? (from a value for money point of view, I'd get to use this with child #2 also, so that's not so much of an issue).
Thanks!!!
we bought a high-chair from babyco, it's a table & chair where the chair clips into the table to make it a highchair. the chair reclines and yes, it's a PITA to clean, but a hose and the sun is a wonderful thing.
We also got a clip-on chair for the table, and its so much better. The seat part just goes in the washing machine and it's so portable. and only about a $100
Go the Ikea highchair (the Antilop) it is the best! Easy to clean, for 50 bucks you can't go wrong!
not if you wait until they are sitting up independently before starting solids (which is what you are supposed to do - it's one of the signs of readiness for solids):
I just carry the Fisher Price one around. The IKEA one would be the same. Wheels can actually be a problem if you don't want your highchair pushed around the house as a walker :rolleyes: - DS actually pushes my friend's little girl around while she is eating - causes all sorts of dramas!:
Not sure about all brands, but I know that my one (the Bruin) has a removable padded cover & straps - so I can just pull everything off & chuck it in the wash. If you do decide to go with the full highchair, that would be something to look for - removable covers & straps that are machine washable.:
I wouldn't bother with wheels. The Ikea one is very light, so easy to pick up and move around. The legs can come off too, if you want to take it anywhere, or store it away.
Ezz is right, you really should be waiting until your baby can sit before giving solids, so a reclining function is completely unnecessary.
I do use the recline on mine as in reality it doesnt recline to lying back.
Ours has no wheels but is ight enought toi move and fold and stores basiclly flat.
I wanted 5 point safety harness, recline and removable table. all which it has.
I have used the ikea ones in restaurants and i also wonder how kids stay in them when moving a bit more and trying to climb out.
I too have found that getting the "latest and greatest" highchair is really not that necessary. I have one with wheels, that reclines, has a cushy removable cover, separate tray tables, etc. The recline feature I've never used much, the wheels are a pain - DD loves to walk the big clunking thing around the house, bashing into walls as she goes! Being able to take off the tray table to wash it is handy, but I agree, trying to clean the whole thing is such a pain! And it's so big and bulky- can't wait to pack it up and put it away.
My mum has an ikea one for when DD is there. I find it absolutely fine! Have never had problems with DD wriggling out and is much easier to clean.
Only thing is that if you are thinking about using it for a little baby, it's not going to have enogh back support. I must admit that I occasionally put DD in the high chair from about 4 (possibly??) months, not to eat but to watch me doing things in the kitchen- cooking, washing up, etc. I had a u-cushion in there to support her. You wouldn't be able to do this with the ikea.
If going through it again, I would recommend choosing something more basic without all the bells and whistles you don't end up using anyway. Just look for something easy to clean (probably without inserts, would be my choice!)
thanks again... sooo my next question (so many questions lol). Given everyone says don't start solids till about 6 months, I can assume he'd probably be sitting independently by then?
*star* - The plan is to use it for DS from 6 months age... would the Ikea one be ok from that age? Sounds like mebbe not..?
Feeb - thanks for the info, that does sound a lot like what I think I want.
You can get a blow up insert (about $10?) to go inside the Ikea chair for the first few months, if you think your bub needs it. I used our Ikea highchair from 6 months with no problems, and I didn't have the insert (would have been nice though).
My DS is now a very active 21 month old, and he is yet to climb out of his highchair (TOUCH WOOD!). I don't think it will be very long before he sits on a booster at the table, so I'm not too worried about it.
Belfie Ds is 7 months old and still not sitting unsupported for more than a few seconds.
We've got the ikea one and love it. Yeah - it's not the most fashionable thing out there, but it's darn well the cheapest and most practical!
The insert is only $5 and you can blow it up as much as you need - even if it's only a little bit. We had DS in it (with the blow-up insert) from around 6 months - and he couldn't sit independently yet. That's what the insert's for! Trust me - it helped heaps!
I'd look around and see if you can try some out first (friends, in shops, restaurants, etc) to see what might suit you.
P.S. - DS hasn't tried to climb out - but I agree that he *could* if you didn't have the straps at the right setting...
belfie - we bought the PEG PEREGO Prima Pappa Diner 6 years ago
Yes - i love the recline feature cos I put them in it from around 4 months and sat bubs with us when we were having dinner - good now as we all sit at the table and bubs is next to us at eye level - enjoyable for everyone
No - bubs prob wont be sitting indepently at 6 months totally, so IMO a slight recline is good - also depends on how you are going to introduce solids too i think
Bugger about the height of the tray though - i have found that the tray when on it too high for bubs until around 12 months ie - they cant sit over the tray if you know what I mean? For that reason, if i had of known I would not have bought this model. We had ours before #1 arrived - at least you can take X with you to try it out!
Mine also drops down too so when kids are at their little table outside doing playdough or whatever - i drop the seat and put the highchair with them and he loves to watch - I love my rocker but it means always on the ground!
Just some food for thought
I love the wheels too lol.
Another fan of the IKEA one here. WE use it for DD with the insert because she still can't sit up properly yet - keeps falling to one side.. LOL
But we have no issues with it for her. We did use it for DS and yes, he did climb out of it. He's a serious climber - and absolutely HATED using a high chair - so we got him a set of table and chairs and he's fine now.
We have one of those fancy type chairs. I have the harness as tight as possible and Em climbs out. She stays in the Ikea one when she sits in it at the shops though. The waist strap can adjust tigher than many of the ones on the fancier chairs.
I have for my dd the fisher and price space saver, it goes ontop of a normal chair or can be used on the ground, reclines to 2 postions and tray is good height even for my 7 month old. I have always used simple high chairs but have no space for a seperate one this time so, this was it and love it. My other chairs never reclined so ended up feeding my eldest two in the bouncer till they could sit up with out falling to the side, definietly like the recline and support of this one.
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We have the Jane activa combo high chair.
It has a 5 point harness, the chair is removable so you can take just the chair and the tray with you.
It is a fully reclining chair, and it all turns into a table and chair set when baby gets older, so its not just a high chair its a highchair that turns into a low-chair and then into a play table.
it has a removable padded seat cover which the straps are attached to and you just throw it in the wash and it doesn't take long to dry.
it doesn't have wheels, but the shape and the material its made out of makes it extremely easy to move around. It is very sturdy (not like the ones with very thin metal poles for legs). The tray is removable and we also have the extra part that sits on the tray with a drink holder on it.
I can't praise it enough actually! i definately wouldn't use anything else other than this chair, and its value for money too, because once your baby is too old for the high chair part, you can just use it for a table and chair set, simlpy remove the chair from the base, turn the base the other way and presto you have a table and chair.
we use the recline part of the seat because ds likes to sit back and relax while eating (not straight up, he looks soo uncomfortable like that)
I also have one of those ones that attach to a normal dining chair, a safety first one i think. (its at my mums house for when ds goes there) and imo i honestly feel very uncomfortable when ds sits in it as it only has a 3 point harness and is very slippery cause it doesn't have a cover and he barely fits in it and he is only 15 months old.
I brought the Kmart $69 dollar one. I didn't see the point in getting a super exxy one when he is only going to use it until he can sit at the kiddy table with the boys in about 6-8 months.