It has been a battle lately to get LO (16 months) to eat any food in her highchair. She will throw almost all of it on the ground.
Thinking maybe it's the highchair she's protesting and not the food? Does your toddler eat anywhere besides the highchair? Thinking of getting maybe a booster seat or a small table and chair for her...
grapefruit / 4903 posts
My 15 month old still sits in her high chair. She went through a phase of throwing everything on the floor, but I upgraded her silverware/cups instead of her chair. Fingers crossed, that seems to have worked for now.
pomelo / 5524 posts
LO still eats in a high chair when he's at home. When he's at school, they all eat at a little table together 
pomegranate / 3008 posts
Small table and chair at home and daycare, regular table and chair at restaurants. He refused his highchair around 15 months.
pomegranate / 3729 posts
LO is 22 months and still eats in her highchair at home for every meal. At daycare she uses a booster at the table, and at Grammy's she uses her own special high-top chair that puts her at table height.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
DD has a tripp trapp.
DS sits on a fisher price booster.
grapefruit / 4923 posts
we have the fisher price healthy care booster. i do not know why it's "healthy care"--it's a mystery. we also have an inglesina fast chair for restaurants--i like that one because he's actually at the table with us, as opposed to eating from a tray separate from us. but it won't work with our dining table and harder to clean. i like the suggestion of trying new flatware/plates/cups/etc. in case that makes a difference!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My son refused to use the highchair after age 2, he wouldn't even use a booster, just a regular chair. I tried everything. He also will not accept a Tripp Trapp, he thinks they are baby chairs.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@NovBaby1112: does "in our laps" count? She's going through a phase... When she's not in a phase, she either eats at her tower or in a Fisher price booster.
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
He eats in his high chair with the nanny, but won't with us, so we got a booster that sits on a regular chair and he sits at the table with us. It usually lasts about 10 minutes and then he's on my lap for the rest of the meal, but I'll take it.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Highchair but it's a battle getting her to sit down in it lately - I have to put food on the tray before I put her in it or she'll just try climb out.
pear / 1723 posts
We have the fp booster and just started using it without the tray, just pushed up to the table. They are doing really well with it and it seems to be reducing the battles and food on the floor. Mine are 19 mo.
They also have a small table and chairs in the dining room that they mostly snack at.
pomegranate / 3414 posts
DS (18m) has always used a wooden highchair, like many restaurants have, so he sits in that but is pushed up to the table. He's never used a highchair w/tray at home but does at the babysitter's and is fine. DD is in a booster at the regular table as well.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
@rattles: I've tried different spoons/forks/plates and nothing seems to make a difference! but good suggestion!
hmmm LO does eat at a small table and chairs at daycare, and her daycare lady says she eats great there. I think I am going to order a small table/chairs for her and see if it helps!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
high chair mostly. but sometimes he'll sit on our laps or just walk around the table... when he's going through his i hate high chair phases!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
High chair or booster....depends on her mood.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
He's always used the FP Booster, but has been showing interest in sitting in regular chairs. I might try taking the tray away and moving his chair up to the table soon.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
We had a booster seat that we used with a tray until just before 18 months, at which point we had to start using it pulled in to the table instead. Since age 2 he has sat in a regular chair.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
LO is 2 and still likes the high chair at home. she calls it her big girl chair for some reason so I think we can drag it out a while. definitely easiest for clean-up and containing her.
when we are out, she will often fight a high chair but is happy in a booster or regular seat.
pomegranate / 3272 posts
We use the inglesina travel chair at home at our huge eat in island. If it gets dirty (and it does) we just throw it in the wash, without the metal of course. He has been fine there at 16 months. I don't know if he still sits in a high chair at daycare or if he eats at the table with the other kids. I should ask that.
I was thinking of getting a booster like the FP one that we can strap to one of our bar stools that are at the island. We'll have to keep him strapped in for a long time since it's counter height.
honeydew / 7917 posts
Fisher Price booster. I was tempted to let him sit without it at 3 years old, but he will take advantage of his freedom and walk around in between bites. 
apricot / 394 posts
DH is 19 months and has been refusing her high chair for all meals for about a month. She likes to sit in her PBK chair on the ground and hold her plate.
I've been thinking of getting a little table and chairs from IKEA.
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