https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 22:29:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551676 Thu, 19 May 2016 07:04:10 +0000 Anagram 2551676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all! I think I decided I'd rather get a used high chair or cheap Ikea one for under $20 than spend more money on additional kitchen chairs, a larger table that will be too big for the space, or folding chairs I don't have a place for.</p> <p>The booster chairs are a good idea if we decide to buy additional chairs of the same kind--but again, I'm not sure of any benefits of buying an additional chair + booster as opposed to a cheap high chair at this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551674 Thu, 19 May 2016 07:02:01 +0000 Anagram 2551674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: our beds both have under-bed storage boxes. And our couch currently stores LOs play tent and tunnel underneath. I think the folding chair idea is out because I have nowhere to store them. I'd rather have a second high chair out every day then to have two folding chairs stacked in a corner somewhere for kids to pull over on top of themselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551644 Thu, 19 May 2016 01:14:18 +0000 jill_a55 2551644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I voted get a booster. It looks like you could get a couple of folding chairs and store them under your couch without them being visible. Close proximity to the table! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551425 Wed, 18 May 2016 15:38:02 +0000 magnoliamama42 2551425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would get a booster, and then purchase a few folding chairs for visitors when you have them. Folding chairs these days can look pretty nice, and can be inexpensive, and easy to put away when you're not using them.</p> <p>I've found you can never have too many nice folding chairs! Especially when you entertain alot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551339 Wed, 18 May 2016 14:04:10 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2551339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Folding chairs fold flat, can you slide them under a bed? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551338 Wed, 18 May 2016 14:02:26 +0000 Anagram 2551338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: ahh...we don't have a garage! Condo building. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551337 Wed, 18 May 2016 14:02:09 +0000 Anagram 2551337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yeah, we could fit more chairs. I just kinda don't want to buy 2 more chairs that I already don't like, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551250 Wed, 18 May 2016 13:10:49 +0000 Ginabean3 2551250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: nope, our house sucks and has no downstairs storage closet, we keep the chairs in the garage which is just off the side off the kitchen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551238 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:59:00 +0000 Mamaof2 2551238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: can you not fit 2 more chairs on the end of the table? It looks like they would fit - </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551227 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:53:30 +0000 ElbieKay 2551227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Can you store a folding chair or two under your bed?</p> <p>You could also look into those collapsible camping chairs. Not exactly elegant, I know.</p> <p>If it will be an issue for 2+ years, I would look into buying a larger table at Ikea. We have this one which has a built-in leaf: <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70213060/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70213060/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551225 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:53:13 +0000 Anagram 2551225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have backless barstools--but the backs have a little lip, if that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551223 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:51:48 +0000 avivoca 2551223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I'm not sure what your kitchen setup is, but do you have bar stools with backs? We put H on those at my parent's house because there aren't enough chairs for everyone to sit at the table. Another thought: do you have a child-size activity table already? When we have people over, we set up H's table next to the big table and she eats there. She does get up sometimes but usually she will eat well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551222 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:51:19 +0000 Anagram 2551222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bamblm: that looks pretty cool. I might check that one out, too. Can you strap it to a bar stool? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551220 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:50:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 2551220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: the joys of city living! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551217 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:49:15 +0000 tinyperson 2551217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: we have the chair that was suggested by laminiere and it's great! We've just been reinforcing that if she gets down from the table, the meal is over. She's 3.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551216 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:48:40 +0000 Anagram 2551216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: we store a stroller there now, haha. Also we park on the street now so our nanny can have our parking space, so having folding chairs in the car.....that would require either a whole lot of pre-planning or some awkwardness for drop in visitors. "Excuse me a few minutes while I walk 3 blocks away to get some chairs". haha.</p> <p>None of this was a problem before kids, or even with just one kid because we could all just eat on the couch. But now that we have TWO, it really takes both parents to sit with them to help and then it seems awkward for us to sit at the table and ask our guests to sit on the couch.</p> <p>I had two friends stop by randomly last night (they texted a few minutes in advance asking if we were home)--and we were just sitting down to eat and feed LO--so we offered them food and next thing I knew, we were one chair short. I guess this is just the new stage in having 2 kids eating at the same time--I'm not used to it yet!~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd/page/2#post-2551211 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:37:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 2551211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: could you store folding chairs in the trunk of your car? </p> <p>I her you in no space. We have a folding bar stool that happens to slide in next to our washer dryer in the tiny laundry closet. A folding stool might be smaller and easier to stash somewhere, if you wanted to go in that direction. </p> <p>But yea I agree that a clip on chair and flimsy table is a bad combo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551200 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:28:59 +0000 Anagram 2551200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I might investigate that chair for LO1. Although I wish it had straps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551199 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:28:05 +0000 Anagram 2551199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: I hate our chairs. They are cheap from Target.com and we bought them when we lived for 1 year in a small 1 bedroom apartment, pre-kids. HOWEVER, my husband does not like anything in this world as much as he likes saving money, so we still have the college-apartment-style chairs, hehe. He keeps saying one day when we buy a house, we'll get a "real" dining set. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551195 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:25:30 +0000 Anagram 2551195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: oh yeah....maybe a small Ikea table is not sturdy enough for a clip on chair. And a fat baby. Seems like it's maybe not the best combo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551193 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:24:33 +0000 Anagram 2551193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I would love a bigger table theoretically, but I can't see us staying here for more than another 2 years or so, so I hate to buy a bigger table now and then have it not fit our new space later. I know 98% of people would have no issue buying a table for 2 years, but my husband it not 98% of people and would find that supremely wasteful. And expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551189 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:23:35 +0000 Anagram 2551189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: Do you have closet space somewhere? All we have is the girls' closet (not a walk in, packed to the gills), and our master bedroom closet (a small walk in, but also holds everything else--vacuum, Christmas tree, luggage, tools, wrapping paper.) It's a walk in that we can't walk in because it's jammed full of stuff. Not sure I want to buy 2 folding chairs that I'd have to store out in plain sight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551187 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:22:21 +0000 avivoca 2551187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: We've kept ours in our closet before. Now we have a garage, so it goes out there, but the closet was nice. Or we've kept them behind a door that is generally open all the time (like our bedroom door). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551184 Wed, 18 May 2016 12:20:11 +0000 Anagram 2551184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: we have nowhere to store folding chairs. Literally nowhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551130 Wed, 18 May 2016 11:05:18 +0000 SweetiePie 2551130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I second this. I would use the fisher price booster on a regular chair and keep a small folding chair or two for guests. </p> <p>Also, I know a clip on was mentioned, but I think they aren't supposed to be used on glass tables. And yours looks like it MIGHT be glass but hard to tell from the pic. If it's not and to do some research and find that it works on your table, I highly recommend the Phil &amp; Ted's clip on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551124 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:56:29 +0000 brownepiano 2551124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vote bigger table too, or get used to not eating at the table when people come. </p> <p>We picked up some bar height chairs on the side of the road for DS to use at our table. We trained him to stay on the chair while he is eating. Honestly it has been super helpful because now when we are at friends houses we can just sit him on a chair and give him his food and he will stay put. One friend doesn't have a table so we all eat sitting on the floor/couch. If he sits on the floor with us, he is constantly getting up and playing. But we can stick him on a chair and he'll stay there to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551119 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:53:19 +0000 YouGotMe 2551119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you are cheap I wouldn't go with the clip on chair because I found them pricy. We got ours with gift cards so we didn't have to actually pay out of our pocket but had I thought about it more I would have just got the $20 IKEA highchair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551118 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:53:13 +0000 avivoca 2551118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would either get two space saving boosters and folding chairs for guests or two space saving boosters and a bigger table. You are going to need a bigger table eventually if you want to have space for guests. Maybe get one with leaves in it so you can make it bigger if needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551112 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:42:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2551112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: they're pricey but easily the best piece of baby gear we have (x three!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-high-chair-wwyd#post-2551111 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:41:54 +0000 tofuwad 2551111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a clip on Chicco chair on a small and not-so-sturdy table. It works for us. But it is a pain to clean (I usually just scrub it down with a sponge). The real issue I have is that it takes up a lot of space on the dining table itself because we have to clear a large space for her because she grabs everyone's plates. So it's hard to have four adults eating at the table plus the baby. </p> <p>So I vote either a clip on with a bigger table or a separate high chair with a tray.</p> <p>ETA: IKEA has a cheap high chair but it looks like it may have a big footprint. </p>