https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 19:02:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683633 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:03 +0000 winniebee 683633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: The little legs pull way down and I haven't had a problem putting in on tables w/ lips (though MIL has the inglesia and so I know exactly what you are talking about -- that doesn't pull down far enough). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683620 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:13:45 +0000 hilsy85 683620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: oh really? Off to look at it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683615 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:12:24 +0000 winniebee 683615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: The chicco should still work - others will not, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683611 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:10:04 +0000 hilsy85 683611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: we looked at the clip on chair, but our dining room table has a ledge/lip under it, and it looks like those chairs don't work in that case. I also looked at the space saver chairs, but DH didn't like the look of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683609 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:08:07 +0000 winniebee 683609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If u are super crunched w/ space, maybe just get a clip on chair (we have a chicco) or there's a fisher price seat that has a back and all, and you just strap it on top of a dining room chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683544 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:24:47 +0000 hilsy85 683544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: ahh a splat mat, that's smart. If we had a separate dining room we would do something like that, but there's really no place for us to put one where people won't be walking. But I guess that's an issue with any high chair, since kids throw stuff off it regardless of the type! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683373 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:18:09 +0000 skibobrown 683373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Tripp Trapp and never purchased the accompanying tray. DD just eats pulled up to the table with us. She doesn't make as much of a mess as she used to, but we do have a plastic splat mat laid out under her high chair. I'm guessing it will be staying there for many months to come. In general, we love the Tripp Trapp, and I like that we'll be able to use it for many years to come, given the price tag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon/page/2#post-683334 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:31:46 +0000 teamjse 683334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Tripp Trapp and we currently use it with a tray. We are currently in a rental and we eat at the island. We will be moving into our house in about 2 months and we will use it with our dining room table. We didn't get the cushion wasn't really necessary, I love the clean design and how easy it is to clean. I love that it grows with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683230 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:20:58 +0000 mrskc 683230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Not at all. It feels sturdy to me. It is pretty light, but the legs are metal and it takes a bit of force to get it to lock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683188 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:59:41 +0000 knittingmama 683188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Boon and we live in a small NYC apartment. It's great and no crannies for food to get into. And sometimes we pretend she's in Star Trek and wheel her around in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683182 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:57:08 +0000 red_seattle 683182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Forgot another Boon benefit: we have a dog, so we can lower the high chair to her height so she can help us "clean up" the chair after meals. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683180 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:54:56 +0000 hilsy85 683180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@red_seattle: hmm ok! Back in the running... :) Sounds like we have a similar layout--our "dining room" is a space against our wall. </p> <p>I think I need to make a trip to BBB to see these in person and get a sense for how much room they take up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683174 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:51:40 +0000 red_seattle 683174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Boon one, and love it. Don't write it off yet. To explain, we have a 760 sq ft house, and our dining room is maybe 7ft x 4ft? Probably smaller than that. And it's basically just an open area on the side of our kitchen, and opens to our backyard, so it's a high traffic area. And nothing but the Boon would have worked because (1) the base has wheels, so it's easy to move around the kitchen/dining room (our house feels like a real life Tetris game with how things have to move for us to have space), (2), the base slides under our table so when not in use, it takes up no more of our "walking room" than our dining chairs when pushed up/under the table. Nothing else would have worked in our little home so well.</p> <p>Other reasons I love the Boon chair is that we have a tall bar height table, and because of the pneumatic lift, it can be raised to table height, and it is SOOOO easy to clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683160 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:43:47 +0000 hilsy85 683160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: ooh I like that one!! Does it feel/seem flimsy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683157 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:41:39 +0000 Raindrop 683157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Before we had our baby, one of our good friends had lunch with us with their 10 month old and that's what they used and just talked it up so much that we used it without considering getting a traditional high chair at all. :) We never looked back. Hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683154 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:38:43 +0000 hilsy85 683154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about the baby bjorn one? Anyone have experience with that? It looks like it folds down pretty small... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683145 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:35:58 +0000 mrskc 683145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have the mamas and papas pixi highchair. Check out how small this thing folds up! And it can be pulled up to the table. It's very wipable and modern looking. </p> <p><a href="http://us.mamasandpapas.com/high-chairs+booster-seats/pixi-high-chair-blueberry/invt/400632702/" rel="nofollow">http://us.mamasandpapas.com/high-chairs+booster-seats/pixi-high-chair-blueberry/invt/400632702/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683137 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:31:15 +0000 T-Mom 683137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I have to add that we used our peg perego high chair for when DS was first on solids.. We already had it and I agree that having a tray is easy to clean. Since he's self feeding now he sits in the tripp trapp. You could look into the tray? The traditional high chair had a short lifespan in our house. They could not wait to get out of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683127 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:25:13 +0000 hilsy85 683127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: @MamaMoose: hmm I guess I'm wondering how this works when kids get into the "put their hands in all the food and throw it everywhere" phase...i feel like I'd rather have food on the floor/a high chair tray than all over my/DH's plate. I do like the idea of all eating at the same table though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683119 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:22:46 +0000 MamaMoose 683119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: LO is still too little but yes we will pull her up to the table. It is our plan to all eat together as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683103 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:17:42 +0000 T-Mom 683103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I know a lot if families who do this and it's a great space saver! And economical.</p> <p>We have a Tripp trapp. DS just eats off the table and it pulls up so he can sit with us. DD used it first. It's awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683085 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:09:50 +0000 hilsy85 683085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! Lots of sprout love! @chopsuey119: @MamaMoose: so do you pull it up to the table then? And Lo eats off the table?</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: I thought about that but our table has like a ledge under it, as does our breakfast bar, so I don't think we would be able to use it... :( I'm sad because that would be an easy solution! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683067 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:02:43 +0000 hellobeeboston 683067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we got the Phil &amp; Teds lobster chair and are thinking we may just use that for now... Our place is pretty small and my SIL had a chair for us, but it takes up so much room and I don't want to look at it all the time. Do you have a table that would work with?? My friends did that which gave me the idea... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-683016 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:36:23 +0000 Amelieisme 683016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another mom in love with the sprout here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682991 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:27:32 +0000 Mrs. Markers 682991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oxo sprout! i like that it blends in with our existing furniture </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682976 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:21:49 +0000 KayKay 682976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for the sprout! Aside from everything already mentioned, LO could sit comfortably in it at 6-7 months when we started solids. Our in-laws bought a Chicco high chair to keep at their house, and LO just didn't fit that well in it (at least during the holidays when she was 8 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682953 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:09:50 +0000 Raindrop 682953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to put it out there that we went an untraditional route of having a booster that hooks onto a real seat.</p> <p>We live in a small condo and this worked out well for us, and it's cheap! Normally priced between 26-28 dollars. We have two, one that is prementally at home on one of our dinning room chairs and one in the car when we eat out.</p> <p>Also we have one at my in-laws when we visit, we normally fly to them and so we bought one at target when we went to visit for xmas and left it there for future visits.</p> <p>Just thought I would put this option out there for you. We love it! :)</p> <p>Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GQ2RWQ/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GQ2RWQ/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682925 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:57:06 +0000 chrispygal 682925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loooove our sprout! I was just telling someone today it was silly how much I love that high chair! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682810 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:37:17 +0000 MamaMoose 682810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Tripp Trapp! I love that it will last for so long! And I have totally sat in one for full meals at my BBFs house! Plus it matches our regular furniture which I love! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/high-chair-opinions-stokke-oxo-boon#post-682772 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:10:05 +0000 SweetMamaM 682772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: haha glad to know that I'm not the only one who has sat on a Tripp Trapp! </p>