https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:11:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369649 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:23:17 +0000 PawPrints 2369649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Learning towers are so expensive and I have a hard time picturing that they're really much different than a simple step stool. We're a long ways from there but I would guess we'll just get her a stool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369588 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:58:13 +0000 Alivoo01 2369588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a learning tower and it took DS a couple months before he really took it. Now, he goes to it immediately when he comes home and asks for his snacks or just to play on/around it. Like he'll take cooking utensils and lie underneath it like he's a mechanic. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369508 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:23:11 +0000 Zbug 2369508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH made a learning tower. It's been amazing. She uses it multiple times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369456 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:49:15 +0000 KayKay 2369456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have the Guidecraft one, and DD1 loves it. It does collapse, although we never do because she uses it daily from everything to helping cook to washing hands for meals at the kitchen sink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369455 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:49:11 +0000 littlejoy 2369455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a learning tower that DH made from an IKEA hack: <a href="http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/09/learning-tower-with-bekvam-stool.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/09/learning-tower-with-bekvam-stool.html</a></p> <p>LO loves it. Of course, she uses it to push the water button on the fridge, or climb onto the counter, but I just know she can't use it unsupervised. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369396 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:01:48 +0000 Applesandbananas 2369396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: awesome! Thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369387 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:57:54 +0000 twodoghouse 2369387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids love their tower! It's the Guidecraft Kitchen Helper. At 18 months they don't do much helping in the kitchen, but we do a lot of drawing, stickers, and painting in it. DS will climb onto the counter from it if I'm not watching carefully, so it's definitely something that needs supervision. Other than that, the biggest problem is when one pushes the other out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369375 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:44:09 +0000 petunia354 2369375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: This one! And it does fold up flat to store.</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ntk396v" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/ntk396v</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369370 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:41:52 +0000 Applesandbananas 2369370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: :) i saw your post and it got me thinking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369369 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:41:49 +0000 sungirl 2369369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH made us a learning tower and it's great. My older DS never used it to get things he shouldn't, however younger DS gets in it and at first we had to worry about him falling and now we worry about him getting into things. Good thing is it is really too heavy for them to move and we have also flipped it upside down so the younger DS can't get into it when we are not supervising. When it is upside down they both like getting under it and using it as a hideout which is fun too. </p> [attach=1587/15/nydnlp.337x600.learning-tower.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369368 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:41:29 +0000 Applesandbananas 2369368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: which one do you have? Do they fold up when not in use? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369333 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:22:58 +0000 Mamaof2 2369333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wanted one but never actually bought one - both kids did fine using a regular stool at the counter </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369329 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:21:05 +0000 Smurfette 2369329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Dad made a learning tower for LO. She loves it!! We just use it in the kitchen. Then have step stools in the bathroom so she can wash her hands after going to the potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369322 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:18:34 +0000 Cherrybee 2369322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a plastic step from Ikea in the bathroom and, yes, she fetches it and brings it into our room/her room so that she can climb up to the window etc. She isn't very steady on it, either, so if she grabs it while I'm not watching her there is a risk of injury, definitely. </p> <p>My inlaws use a metal stool with two steps when she helps them in the kitchen. It's too heavy for her to move herself but she's not very steady on it so you have to be right there with her if she's "helping" (less help, more hindrance). </p> <p>I'm going to get a learning tower for her. I'm bidding for one on Ebay as we speak! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369303 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:11:52 +0000 petunia354 2369303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The learning tower was a game changer for us. He looooves to help me cook and he loves standing in it and eating at our island or sampling whatever I'm chopping for dinner. It's really been a lifesaver for the late afternoons when I'm trying to prep dinner and keep him occupied. </p> <p>He doesn't use it to get into anything he shouldn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369300 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:11:25 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2369300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our 26 month old helping in the kitchen, we just use the regular two step step stool we already had. (Like this one - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosco-11-135CLGG1-Folding-Stool-2-Step/dp/B002AAZGQG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1448464186&#038;sr=8-4&#038;keywords=step+stool)" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Cosco-11-135CLGG1-Folding-Stool-2-Step/dp/B002AAZGQG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1448464186&#038;sr=8-4&#038;keywords=step+stool)</a></p> <p>We were going to get a learning tower, but she does fine with the step stool. It lives in the hall closet and only comes out when she's "helping." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-towerstep-stools#post-2369293 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:08:36 +0000 Applesandbananas 2369293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spin off from another post!</p> <p>What do you have in terms of a learning tower or a step stool for your LO? Do they ever use it for nefarious purposes?</p> <p>We have a little cheap step stool that is just enough for our son to stand on so that he can pee in the potty, and beyond that, we have no other step stools or learning tower types of things. He loves to push a chair over to whatever he wants to reach (that he shouldn't be trying to reach!)</p> <p>I'm trying to decide if we'd really use something like this or if it would just become another tool for him to get into trouble! </p>