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@Anagram: could you store folding chairs in the trunk of your car?
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.
But yea I agree that a clip on chair and flimsy table is a bad combo.
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@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.
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.
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!~
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@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.
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@Anagram: the joys of city living!
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@bamblm: that looks pretty cool. I might check that one out, too. Can you strap it to a bar stool?
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@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.
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We have backless barstools--but the backs have a little lip, if that makes sense.
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@Anagram: Can you store a folding chair or two under your bed?
You could also look into those collapsible camping chairs. Not exactly elegant, I know.
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: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70213060/
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@Anagram: can you not fit 2 more chairs on the end of the table? It looks like they would fit -
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@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!
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@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.
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@Ginabean3: ahh...we don't have a garage! Condo building.
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@Anagram: Folding chairs fold flat, can you slide them under a bed?
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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.
I've found you can never have too many nice folding chairs! Especially when you entertain alot.
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@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!
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@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.
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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.
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.
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