Posted: 11/26/2004 2:07:38 PM EDT
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I am once again seeking advice for more baby paraphernalia as you all did a great job recommending the Britax car seat. We need a high chair for our little girl as she begins to explore the exciting world of solid foods from a food mill (well, more solid than formula!). Wife and I have no idea what to get. Thanks for advice and product recommendations!  Karl |
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Get WIDE legs so it is stable...hell, I would bolt to the floor if I could. Kids are suirrirly and high chairs DO fall over easy. Other than that just look for little things that might hurt your child, like can they work the latches and ect... Rember, it is a kids nature to pull, push and grab on ANYTHING! Quite frankly I think it safer to ductape the kid to a regular chair. SGtar15 |
SGtar15 is right, the chair needs to stable, and the child strapped in. P.S. I have a scar below my right eye/cheek area from the leap I took out of a high chair about 44 years ago to base this thought on.  P.S.S. edit... Flower pot caught me, face first. |
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We have the Baby Trend model 8878T. www.babytrend.com/highchairs/trend.htm I has wheels which can lock. The lining and pad are washable. The tray and seat are adjustable for hieght. And, it folds up easily to a compact state. We have three kids. Our first high chair was a POS. We bought the Baby Trend for our second kid. Our third kids does well with it. We don't use the straps...the tray holds them in well enough.. when they are able to "suirrirly" their way out of the a high chair they are too big/old to use one and should be sitting on a booster seat or a couple phone books. The most important features for us are the wheels and height adjustability... since we often eat in different areas of the house (i.e. the bar, the kitchen, the dining room, the deck) which have different table heights. Also make sure the tray is long enough so that you'll be able to keep food or whatever on the tray without the little varmit being able to grab it away and toss it accross the room. Good luck! P.S. my wife just reminded me that the absolute most important feature is the ability to remove the tray with only one hand. |
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I am not a big fan of high chairs. They are big and bulky and usually isolate the baby from the eating area. You may want to look into the "feeding systems" that attach to your kitchen chairs. My kids like them a lot and are easy to use without taking up a lot of room. here is a link |
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The Peg Perego Prima Pappa is easily adjustable, folds pretty neatly, is easy to clean, and will last through several kids at least. About $200, and worth every penny... that Italian high chair thing... 
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I used to do that. It's not so fun anymore now that they are 19 months old! |
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I can only imagine as those opposable thumbs get better at grabbing! |
Oh no!!! You must stop that immediately if you want her to start eating on her own before the age 21! LOL Stick her in the high chair and put some bannanas or sliced grapes in front of her and only when she has finished those on her own, feed her the "jar" food. Gradually, add other more interesting real food to the tray (i.e. cheese sticks, croutons, gold fish, cherios) as she gets a little a older. By about 10 months you should be able to just toss food off your plate on to the tray and watch the little tike gobble it all up on their own. |
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I can't really recommend anything, all I remember is that we had a pressed and rolled sheet-steel chair that was my father's from when he was a kid... durable as hell and we never fell out or knocked it over... but we threw it away when I outgrew it. Of course, it was this hideous shade of vomit green and a lot of the paint was flaked off... |