https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:02:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1395618 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:26:15 +0000 bushelandapeck 1395618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an Inglesina at our lake house and used to bring it to restaurants when LO was smaller. Now, he fits best in the regular highchairs so we don't bring it with us. I wouldn't say it's a necessity by any means. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1395601 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:19:33 +0000 Mommy Finger 1395601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Inglesina chair but use it every day as his high chair since our island is huge and functions as our kitchen table. I think it's easy to get on and off. We have used it at restaurants before but that was when he was just learning to sit up and the restaurant high chair wasn't very supportive. That being said, I don't think the travel chair is necessary but it is nice to have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394601 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:35:49 +0000 looch 1394601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: @Beehive: I have that seat as well, it's great! The only thing I would say is practice before you have to use it, it's not complicated, but it is a little wonky the first time you use it, especially if you're using a chair with an open back, which requires the second piece in the package. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394576 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:13:34 +0000 swedishfish 1394576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: Thanks for the tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394270 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:55:29 +0000 Beehive 1394270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Great! I think they're so useful, no lugging required and you know there will always be somewhere for your LO to sit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394191 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:05:50 +0000 swedishfish 1394191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: I just ordered one of these from Amazon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394188 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:04:00 +0000 heffalump 1394188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't bring one. In ny there were many restaurants with no high chairs and lo just sat on my lap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394177 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:59:53 +0000 yoursilverlining 1394177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: ditto and ditto. We were gifted a travel high chair and honestly have never remembered to bring it and never needed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394170 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:58:01 +0000 betsyboop 1394170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also don't think a travel highchair is necessary. We have the Inglesina Fast and we always bring it to my parents' house so LO can sit at the kitchen island, but like others have said, it would be a shame if you lugged the high chair to a restaurant only to find the table wasn't compatible with the chair. I would just use the restaurants' high chairs…and bring lots of anti-bac wipes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394158 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:52:25 +0000 Beehive 1394158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep a Totseat folded up in our diaper bag, in case a restaurant doesn't have a high chair (or, as has happened in a couple places, where the high chairs are awful). It's a fabric seat that you put on a regular chair.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trendykid-TS005-TrendyKid-Totseat-Chocolate/dp/B001QC77W0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1391392336&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=totseat" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Trendykid-TS005-TrendyKid-Totseat-Chocolate/dp/B001QC77W0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1391392336&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=totseat</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394066 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:54:57 +0000 calsmom 1394066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was adamant at first that we get a travel high chair. Now, I am glad we didn't. We just use a cover on the restaurant highchair, and that works just fine. If a table has a lip or a table cloth, you can't use the twist on boosters. From our experience, we found that more restaurants than not have one or the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1394058 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:46:54 +0000 blackbird 1394058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used it in the beginning but now she fits into the regular high chairs better so we keep it in the car but don't always use it. We have been to a few places that didn't have high chairs, so yay us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393975 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:31:25 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1393975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We almost always just use whatever is available or just hold the baby. That said, we did get a Brica folding one for a two week overseas trip where we stayed with relatives and it was perfect for our purposes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393871 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:04:07 +0000 Smurfette 1393871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have for if the restaurant sits us a booth so she is level with us. And we need one for at the ILs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393844 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:30:53 +0000 MamaJ 1393844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never needed one. Last time we traveled, we just used restaurant high chairs. When we were at my grandmothers apartment I would just have him sit in my lap while he ate. We are going on a roadtrip in April and I will just bring our own high chair with us (we are renting a condo). I have the joovy highchair that folds up so it should be easy to travel with since we are driving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393842 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:29:36 +0000 shopaholic 1393842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's "necessary" but definitely nice to have, depending on where you're going and how old your LO is. We got the Inglesina Fast too, and LOVE it! We've taken it on a few trips now and it's been worth the extra weight. </p> <p>We started using it before LO was really good at sitting in a chair by herself, and even now, it provides more security and a cozier seat (like sometimes she just wants to flop to the side). She also doesn't try to crawl or stand up out of it, like she does in the wooden restaurant high chairs. </p> <p>We also used it as her regular high chair in the vacation condos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393839 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:27:18 +0000 HLK208 1393839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I've never used one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393831 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:19:48 +0000 GrapeCrush 1393831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were always fine with the high chairs at the restaurants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393818 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:05:25 +0000 Pepper 1393818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nah, no need IMO. If we go out to eat around here we wouldn't bring one, so I wouldn't bring one on vacation. I could see bringing one if you were going to eat at a condo or something on a nightly basis... but if you're planning on eating out a lot, I'd just use the restaurant chairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393790 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:43:07 +0000 Mamaof2 1393790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have the inglesina and love it - very easy to put on and take off!<br /> I brought it on vacation and left it in the car just in case we needed it since it folds up really flat but I would nt buy one just for this trip - we use ours everyday at home as the high chair </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393788 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:36:23 +0000 lamariniere 1393788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would never occur to me to being a high chair into a restaurant. You never know if their table will be compatible with your chair. We've always just used restaurant chairs or held our LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393775 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:26:44 +0000 Weagle 1393775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never needed a travel high chair. For vacations where we were eating in the house/condo, we just brought our regular high chair or booster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393773 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:25:05 +0000 rattles 1393773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: I don't think so. You just turn the two little stoppers until they're tight against the bottom of the table. The only time I've thought it a pain is if there is a lip on the table and it is positioned to where you can't turn your wrist all the way (if that makes sense). I don't find it a big deal, and for me it wasn't worth paying twice as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393771 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:24:23 +0000 mamimami 1393771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We travel and eat out quite a bit. Always used available high chairs, stroller or just held the baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393758 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:14:38 +0000 swedishfish 1393758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: I've read that the Inglesina is a pain to take on and off the tables. What do you think? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393751 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:11:27 +0000 rattles 1393751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the set up. I ended up buying one before a vacation at 7 months because we were staying in a rental cabin that didn't have high chairs. I bought the Inglesina Fast Table chair and have loved it. It was cheaper than the P&amp;T, and I haven't yet found a table with which it wouldn't work. We've used it a fair amount since - whenever we got to my folks' or my sisters', at a restaurant whose only high chair had a broken strap, at another restaurant where all the high chairs were in use, etc. We just keep it in the trunk as a backup plan. That said, it's a nice-to-have, not a need-to-have. LO could just sit in my lap in those situations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393748 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:09:34 +0000 LemonLong 1393748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it was necessary to have a travel high chair, but we used our Fisher Price Healthy Care booster seat at restaurants until our LO was tall enough to use the restaurant seats. We liked the booster seat because it had its own tray. It helped contain the mess, when we were done eating, we'd just snap the lid on the messy tray and go. The booster was also our at home chair too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-travel-high-chair#post-1393736 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:03:32 +0000 swedishfish 1393736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking at the Phil and Teds lobster high chair. Is it necessary to bring a travel high chair on a vacation? Or have you been satisfied using restaurants' high chairs? </p>