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oh and craigslist is a great place to look for used high chairs. i bought both of mine used!

We ended up registering for a wood one with minimal fuss. Everyone I talked to said the more fabric/padding it had, the messier it was. I've seen my niece cram smooshy food into the seams of her high chair at her house. My IL's still have the original wood high chair from when DH and SIL were young, and it's great. Easy to clean, no fuss and it doesn't take up much space.

I have the Ikea Antilop high chair and I LOVE IT!!! I also have the more expensive Stokke Tripp Trapp that kind of just sits in the corner. The best thing about the Ikea chair is that it's sooooo easy to clean. That's probably the #1 thing you should look for in a high chair (besides safety of course). Feedings get super messy. Our Ikea chair is super easy to clean because there aren't any nooks/crannies for food to get buried into. Even if you end up buying a fancier high chair, you might want to consider buying the Ikea chair anyway. I think we paid like $15. We bought 2 of them (one for grandma's house). I highly recommend it!

We're going to get the antilop. As a long-time babysitter, I am so sick of cleaning the nasty food bits from the crevices on traditional high chairs. (Grosses me out so much!) I like that the antilop will be a smooth wipe. It also looks beautiful in my opinion. And the price is definitely right. Yay ikea.

while I am not a fan of plastic we're going with one of the ikea high chairs. either the antilop {all plastic, but so easy to clean apparently & has a tray} or the spoling {hardly any plastic, but looks like of a pain to clean due to having to wash seat in washing machine & I'm not sure if it has a try that attaches?}. we're going to have to go to the ikea store & look at them both before I know which one I want.

@Mrs. Marbles: that's good, because we have 2 on our registry. i have been debating if it's really worth the price.

I found this highchair/seat thanks to an awesome WeddingBee mama...we LOVE it so far (dd is 8 months) http://www.amazon.com/First-Years-miSwivel-Feeding-Highchair/dp/B004VNFGME/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325792913&sr=8-1