Retiring the highchair?

SarahKate31 · November 2012

How old was LO when you switched them from eating in a highchair with a tray to a booster (or something) at the table?

DS is still in his highchair (space saver), which I like, but putting him in a seat that attaches to the table may solve the space issue we're having with our kitchen table and chairs...

nezwee · November 2012

I've toyed with the idea a few times. I got a booster seat at a Wee-Sale in August and DD has sat in it a few times. I guess my main concern is her getting food all over the table. A small tray is easier to clean then our entire table every night.

KathrynMD · November 2012

Around 18ish months she started refusing the high chair altogether. We tried a booster for a month or two, but that was a total PITA - so we just let her stand/kneel on a regular chair. She loved it. She fell off once when she was little over 2, cried but then has been careful ever since. She still kinda remembers falling and will talk about it sometimes when I tell her to be careful.

idonthavethis · November 2012

Ava is still in a highchair and she's 3 1/2. She likes it and insists she isn't too big for it. Faith is in a booster seat attached to a chair. A little backwards in our house, lol.

KathrynMD · November 2012

idonthavethis:
Ava is still in a highchair and she's 3 1/2. She likes it and insists she isn't too big for it. Faith is in a booster seat attached to a chair. A little backwards in our house, lol.

LOL

Kaybee44 · November 2012

Because of lack of space for us, we have them in the booster seats with the trays. That way we use a very small table to eat just me and DH and the kids have their own little tables. We're moving things around though and are getting ready to let them have their own seats and chairs. B is getting too big for his booster seat. He's been in that thing for almost 3 years now. I think I'll cry when he's done with it.

Megcheer2 · November 2012

DD1 started refusing her high chair around 16 months. I got a booster seat for her at Totswap and she was fine with that for a month or two, but then started refusing that too. She's been just sitting in a regular chair since before she was 2 and it was all her doing. I would have kept her in the high chair longer if she'd been ok with it, but it just wasn't a battle I was willing to fight.

Mella&T · November 2012

We got a booster seat at Totswap and switched her out that night...I am so much happier with her closer to the table, sitting up straight and out of the highchair and she seems happier, too.

SarahKate31 · November 2012

Which booster seat does everyone have? We have the FP Healthy Care one at each of our parents' houses and it's nice to have one there, but it's so low, we wouldn't be able to push him up to the table in it.

weezie825 · November 2012

For a while we pushed her high chair (trayless) up to the table. Around the time Victor was born we started encouraging her to use a regular chair. It was more a factor of wanting her to be comfortable using a real chair before Victor needed the high chair.

At the Amish market that have an awesome toddler chair. It sits up higher but it looks like a real chair. It also has a step of flip down steps so that the child can climb into the chair themselves. When the time comes, that is what we will get for Victor.

madladybride · November 2012

Well, our table has a "skirt", so our space saver highchair would not fit when we tried to take the tray off and put it directly up to the table. DD started refusing her highchair around 15 or 16. We put her in a chair that attached to a table and that worked for about a month or two. Now, she just stands in a regular chair with arms. We've tried doing the armless chair, but that doesn't seem to work. Ideally, we'd like to get something like Weezie has described since we have to lift her into her chair.

mrs. remy · November 2012

DS1 started not liking his high chair around 18 months or so, then moved him to a booster with a tray. USed the tray for a few months then just scooted the booster up to the table.

With DS2 we went straight to the booster w/tray. I hated that damn highchair, too bulky and took up too much space in my kitchen.

jnealet · November 2012

D1 loved her highchair and sat in it until she was about 3 years old. She went straight to sitting at the table on a regular chair.

jcsntms06 · November 2012

Around 18 months/ 2 we switch to a booster seat in a chair and she sat with us up at the table. We removed the booster seat at around 2.5 right around the time that C born and she has been sitting at the table ever since.

lauranne · November 2012

We switched Aiden from the highchair to booster at around 18 months. Claire is in a spacesaver high chair, so I'm less motivated to switch her. I probably will after Christmas, but for now, it's working!

dixee.deluxe · November 2012

17 months.

For a while she just stood on a kitchen chair and ate. Then we got a booster.

We got rid of the high chair before DD#2 was born. We didn't want DD#1 to get jealous that the baby got to sit in "her seat".

TriciaandSean · November 2012

We switched Kieran to the chair that attaches to the table at 18 months (we have the ingelsina fast chair and it folds flat for easy traveling and you can take in your suit case when flying!)

and then to the Kaboost at 2.

bridetobe920 · November 2012

We switched to a soft booster seat when DD was 18 months old.

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