https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:14:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438913 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:32:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2438913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: that's exactly the type of thing I think I will get wont work with our current backless stools but a friend has a regular, sturdy stool with a back that I can borrow. I think of we have a big enough kitchen and table by the time the baby starts solids we will either use that as her primary chair or get the IKEA one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438864 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:02:43 +0000 mrsrain 2438864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped the high chair and opted instead for a booster seat (with tray option). Now that she's older she eats at the table without the tray. It has been a great option for us, given our smaller living space! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438857 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:58:05 +0000 Mommy Finger 2438857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also eat at the island as that's our kitchen table. It's a bit island that has chairs on either side. We had DS1 in the clip on chair until DS2 was ready to join us at the table when he was 6 mo. I was so worried b/c our chairs are super heavy and if he were to push off of the table, it would mean a big injury. However, we transitioned him to the chairs and it's been a lot smoother than I thought it would be. He can even climb up and down on is own. I should mention that he's 3. We just can't ever leave him alone, which we would try not to do anyways but there have been times when you need to run into the other room for something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438560 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:11:10 +0000 Charm54 2438560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 2.5 she has decided she wants to sit in a regular chair which works fine for me because I will need our high chair for DD2 in a couple of months. I'll get her the oxo tot booster , I like that it's portable </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438557 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:09:01 +0000 SweetiePie 2438557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure if it would work with the type of stools you have or plan to get, but we have the Fisher Price easy clean (I think that's what it's called) at my parents house and it's awesome. I kinda regret having a full sized highchair in our apartment. And it's super cheap so if you try and it doesn't work it won't hurt so much. I think it's $30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438553 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:05:53 +0000 lawbee11 2438553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 2.5 and still sits in her high chair. She calls it "my chair" and actually really likes it so I don't see us moving her out of it anytime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438549 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:03:30 +0000 youboots 2438549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: thank you! It would be so nice if they were the same color as the chair. While I was not paying attention yesterday she squeezed an entire pouch of purple food onto herself and the straps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438531 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:49:49 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2438531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: ugh. The straps are the one thing that drives me nuts about it.... But it would be worse with other chairs. Sometimes I fill a bowl with warm water and oxyclean and rest it on the seat and get as much of the straps submerged as possible.<br /> When I'm ambitious I take the side support off and wiggle the straps off and give them a full soak.</p> <p>As annoying as that is, I still bought two more chairs so it wasn't a big deterrent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438493 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:31:02 +0000 travellingbee 2438493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little past 2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438490 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:29:04 +0000 youboots 2438490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: glad to hear it's still working for you, we love our TT. Any advice on how to clean the straps? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438482 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:23:46 +0000 jhd 2438482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got him a booster around 18 months so when we are all at the table he sits in that. He still uses the high chair throughout the day when he eats and we aren't eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438464 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:12:52 +0000 irene 2438464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are 4 now but we were using a high chair until when he was 3+ years old. We just didn't have a good solution before that because of how our house was used to be. Then we went under a major kitchen and first floor remodeling when he was 3+ and we ditched the high chair then. He was just eating at our temporary "dining station" at a coffee table we set up on the 2nd floor guest bedroom with the rest of us. Haha.</p> <p>When remodeling was done, we have a beautiful island and we bought these chairs. I can not praise them more:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cb2.com/phoenix-carbon-grey-24-counter-stool/s274692?a=501&#038;campaignid=212254869&#038;adgroupid=14977329789&#038;targetid=pla-18283950120&#038;adpos=1o5&#038;creative=55841373549&#038;device=c&#038;matchtype=&#038;network=g&#038;gclid=CI-AzMKVysoCFYQlgQodUK4DDw" rel="nofollow">http://www.cb2.com/phoenix-carbon-grey-24-counter-stool/s274692?a=501&#038;campaignid=212254869&#038;adgroupid=14977329789&#038;targetid=pla-18283950120&#038;adpos=1o5&#038;creative=55841373549&#038;device=c&#038;matchtype=&#038;network=g&#038;gclid=CI-AzMKVysoCFYQlgQodUK4DDw</a></p> <p>It is sturdy, easy to clean/wipe, not outrageously expensive, and he climbs up and down all by himself to eat at the kitchen counter! I shopped and shopped and this is the best. If he starts to come up and down during mealtime and just won't focus on eating, I have a booster seat and if I put it on this kitchen stool, put him on and scoot him close to the counter, he won't be able to come down. hahaha. So look into it and see if it works for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438313 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:31:12 +0000 Cherrybee 2438313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ditched the high chair when she was about 18 months old because she liked to take herself to and from the table freely (we had a kiddie table and chairs and all ate there!). Now she's big enough, we have one of the kids chairs from Ikea that's like a little chair but has really long legs, so she's at the right height at the table, yet can come and go as she pleases. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438309 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 04:51:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2438309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I figured. :) But she is actually a really good eater and I like that she sits right with us so in ok with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438301 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:44:10 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2438301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: lol, strapping kids is not very RIE, but that's exactly what DH said when I told him about the no high chair concept when I initially came across it. "Don't you want to prevent the from leaving the table until everyone is finished?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438299 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:20:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 2438299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: no we don't have space for a kid size table and chair, though she would love it and has eaten with my nephew at his while we visit. But she gets so distracted being able to get up and down by herself anyway, I prefer to strap her in to help her focus on meal time not play time (which is probably not very RIE). And we don't often all eat together as a family but I do almost always eat breakfast and lunch with her and always sit with her for dinner, even if I eat my dinner (in front of the TV) later. That's part of why we got the hook on chair instead of a free standing one that would be lower than the counter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438285 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:10:54 +0000 lamariniere 2438285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each LO has a Stokke and they are 5 and 2. My younger one stopped using the baby attachment around 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438282 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:00:19 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2438282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sapphire: unless one or both parents sits with them too. Depending on when dinner takes place for the kid vs when parent arrives home mealtime may not be family time anyway.</p> <p>We typically eat on the floor or couch, so a set up like this would totally work in my house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438272 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:45:49 +0000 sapphire 2438272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: that's an interesting idea, but then they can't eat with the rest of the family? Esp if the are the only kid, they just sit there by themselves? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438254 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:01:52 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2438254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have kid size table &amp; chairs she could use instead?</p> <p>One of the RIE chapters I was reading talked about not using high chairs at all. Once LOs can support themselves it was suggested to feed them at their own kidsize table. The book mentioned babies like to feel the ground under them and be able to move away from the table on their own. Just a thought </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438230 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:07:17 +0000 fancyfunction 2438230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 2.5 - she uses a booster seat now but when we go out she usually just sits in the regular chair without a booster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438084 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:41:42 +0000 Smurfette 2438084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She wouldn't sit in around 21 months. Sometimes she uses her booster seat and others she just sits in the chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438083 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:41:41 +0000 Greentea 2438083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 2, we got her a Stokke. She loves it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438057 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:02:48 +0000 MrsKoala 2438057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He stopped wanting to sit in it maybe a month ago at 23 months. Now he just sits in the regular chair at the table. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438055 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:02:24 +0000 regberadaisy 2438055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have never used a conventional high chair. Always the FP deluxe booster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438051 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:01:01 +0000 hellobeeboston 2438051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: agreed! Although I hated our high chair. If I had a Tripp trapp we would probably still be using it. </p> <p>We stopped using it right around 2ish. LO likes to sit at the barstools (that have backs) at the counter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438049 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:59:20 +0000 Foodnerd81 2438049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should also add I wouldn't mind not having to pick her up and down into the high chair- it's pretty annoying! She loved to climb up into our bar stools (which is off limits unless one of us is there and says it's ok, and which has resulted in several time outs this week alone...) She gets distracted if she can get up and walk away so something I can buckle her in is key. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438046 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:54:58 +0000 NovBaby1112 2438046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I'm surprised some of your older LOs will still sit in one! We stopped using one around 18 months and either use her kids table and chair or she eats at big table in booster seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438041 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:51:59 +0000 peachykeen 2438041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still primarily use the high chair (LO is only 17 months) but I was looking for something similar and found the Prince Lionheart booster. It straps to chair in 2 places and I can strap LO in - it's meeting our needs well. We take it on car trips too. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionheart-BoosterPOD-Sierra-Brown/dp/B005ZBHXP4" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionheart-BoosterPOD-Sierra-Brown/dp/B005ZBHXP4</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-using-a-high-chair#post-2438033 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:43:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2438033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use it at three years. We have the tripp trapp, it's adjusted so that she climbs up and down herself. Love that thing.</p> <p>I'd try a strap on booster with a stool. </p>