High chair vs feeding seat ?

bigbear

Hi everyone!

Let me start of by saying that I had an amazing shower at work yesterday. I was blown away by how much thought and effort they had put into everything. And we got so many things!

So we only have a couple bigger items to purchase and we are good to to:)

One of them is the high chair. But I was wondering what your experience is with those. High chairs we are looking at are all $100+ but then I looked at the feeding seats that you just strap on to the regular chair and they are up to $50. So you can save quite a bit of $$, which if we can, would be nice to do.

But have any of you used/compared the two? Would you recommend one over the other and why. And in general which high chair or seat would you recommend?

TIA!

pcrock92

I'm a nanny and I've seen families use both. I personally prefer the feeding seat because its much more convenient! You can strap it to a chair, set it on the floor, couch, or wherever. Its also easier if you wanted to take it to a restaurant because I know some people don't like using the high chairs that restaurants provide. They're also more compact so you don't have to store a huge high chair.

jason&robin

I have a highchair and I wish we would have just gotten a seat. It takes up much more room. We still use it but if I go back, I wouldn't have gotten it.

VABride2008

I love our Fisher Price Space Saver high chair..so much that we bought another one for LO #2.  There are some feeding chairs out there that I do not like though, they don't seem to be very stable when strapped to a chair.  I like that the FP space saver is very sturdy. 

Jess084

VABride2008:

I love our Fisher Price Space Saver high chair..so much that we bought another one for LO #2.  There are some feeding chairs out there that I do not like though, they don't seem to be very stable when strapped to a chair.  I like that the FP space saver is very sturdy. 

 I'm glad to hear that. We got this one and I was hoping we made the right choice.

 Edited: Oops. We got a different Fischer Price one but hopefully it is still good.

shotzie

We have the kind that just straps to a regular chair.  I honestly don't see why people buy the expensive ones that take up so much floor space!  Like pp's have said, the space saver chairs are nice and compact, clean easily, you can take them to grandma and grandpa's house (or wherever).  We love ours!

bigbear

Ladies, thank you SO much for your input!

I think we will go with the feeding seat instead of the typical high chair. I think we were just used to seeing mostly high chairs that we just figured we'd go with one. But now that I started looking and after getting your feedback it makes perfect sense!

Thanks so much

theladyjess

We're going with the Graco Blossom 4 in 1 highchair (high chair that converts into a booster seat and is easy to clean).  I thought about a feeding seat but our dining room chairs are upholstered (the dining set was given to us when my ILs moved) and cleaning food off the chairs is a nightmare.  We also eat at the kitchen counter often and the high chair will allow LO to be with us there too as the feeding chair can't be strapped to a bar stool.

2BMrsMcW

We are going with a feeding seat, although I am not worrying about buying it just yet,because LO won't use it for a bit. We thought that it would be easier since we have a kitchen table, dining room table, and a more casual dinner table in our finished basement. We eat at a different table depending on the situation and this seemed like the best idea to move around the house. Plus, it will be easier to take with us so the grandparents don't have to wrry about having a high chair taking up space. We did register for the Fisher Price Space Saver as well, so I am glad to see good reviews on here.

AnnieTater

This was really helpful - thank you, everyone!!

DEBBIE33CASEY

While a feeding chair is more convenient, my DD has tipped herself over backwards in the feeding chairs MANY times (of course either at daycare or at other people's houses while they're watching her...*frustrating!!*).  We won't be getting one b/c of that exact reason.  We use a high chair even though it takes up so much space.