British Expats - High Chairs

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Originally Posted by sharkus (Post 11600742)

Pretty sure ours was a Graco one. Was actually very good. height adjustable, could single hand the tray part. I *think* it might also have had straps on it with which to secure the little person in place - handy when they like to be an escape artist.

Was certainly easy to clean and didn't have much fabric on it from what I recall. It did have a removable tray insert thingy, which was handy, until someone had learned that they could remove it, hmm.

I think it came from Babies R Us.

Sorry, rather vague I know, but it's been a while since mini me used

Just looked at the price, bloody hell! I don't remember them being that expensive. Perhaps they were?

There is a fantastic accessory for all high-chairs, in fact, it's a general purpose child cleaning system. Costs about as much as a child though. It's called a black lab :D Anything dropped on the floor is immediately disposed of. Child, if within reach of the cleaning device will also be licked clean as well. Has been known to act as a security device too. Highly recommended! :D

Our Golden retriever hangs around the youngest in hope of a few crumbs at dinner time......he is going to love the baby when we get to that stage. It will be golden retriever heaven:lol:

These are all really, really helpful - I've sent her this thread instead of trying to summarize it! She's very appreciative and says to keep any advice/tips coming.

Question from her for those of you who have the Stokke: She likes the look of a wooden one for sure, but is a bit put off by the ~$300 price tag. Is it actually worth it? Presumably yes as it's been recommended twice... thanks in advance!

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Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly (Post 11601105)

def worth it if grandparents are paying :o

On a more serious note, ours, bought in 2004, is still used regularly (by the 5-year-old) as the adult chairs are a bit low down for him at the kitchen table. That's over a decade of use, so when you amortise that $300 over its life, it doesn't look so bad. Compare that to a high chair that's likely used for, what, a year and a half for each child?

:goodpost: Yes def more expensive, have to say, bought mine in a store that had a sale on at the time, so paid a little less. Ours is going into it's 15th year..... <$20 a year and it will go on for a few more, expect the grandkids to be sitting on it too.... (if and when :o) The doting grandparent bought one for her own home and that has enjoyed the rath of 3 grandkids in total. It's also not as ugly as the plastic ones, but that's a personal opinion :starsmile:

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Originally Posted by foreigngirl (Post 11600422)

IKEA Antilop!!! Can't go wrong.

I 100% agree with this! We had a fancy padded, reclining high chair for our first baby. It was a nightmare to keep clean. When we had twins a year later, we got rid of the fancy one and got two Ikea high chairs. They are low maintenance in comparison. They wipe clean quickly without the scrubbing needed with the padded chairs. They stack (if you are fortunate enough to need more than one) and the legs can be removed if you want to take it when you go to someone's house for dinner.

I am another that LOVES that Ikea Antilop. So easy to clean.

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Originally Posted by Tirytory (Post 11601081)

Our Golden retriever hangs around the youngest in hope of a few crumbs at dinner time......he is going to love the baby when we get to that stage. It will be golden retriever heaven:lol:

Oh hell yeah! It's one of the things we so much missed about our lab. Monster would drop food, or we would, and we'd expect it to be vacuumed up, along with our legs being whacked by an over exuberant tail but we'd stop, look down and go "Oh :("

She was good never took food off his plate, likely new it'd be on the floor pretty soon anyway :D

My son had one very similar to this, except instead of a rocking horse it was a car and was made from solid fibreglass-like material. He loved it.

http://forthemommas.com/wp-content/u.../Tri-Chair.jpg

(Available from Sears)

Friend here:

Thanks everyone, this has been really useful! I will check out some of the options and hopefully make a decision from there.

Any other tips on things to buy or not buy? I'm all ears!

-Friend of Schnooks