Hellobee Boards

I like the idea of them but I agree with the space issue. It would drive me nuts I think.

i only heard of them on HB and thought it was a neat idea, looked it up and said no when i saw the price. didn't seem worth it to me as we came this far without ever really needing one. We recently bought DS a step stool (plastic) from walmart and he loves it. He is 3 years and 2 months and we probably could have bought it a few months ago.

I built ours (with some help from my dad) and LO loves it. We hinged it so it can fold, but she uses it pretty much daily so we never do fold it. I like that it's safer than a chair or stool, and it's also higher so she can see and do more at the counter. I'd never let her climb that high without the surrounding rails. We can lower the platform as she grows. Without the hinges, it probably would have been $25-30 -- totally worth that, IMO! The hinges doubled the cost and aren't really worth it for us because we never fold it, but I guess they'll be useful some day.

We got DS one for his 2nd birthday and it's the most used item in the house, no joke. We use it literally every single day, most days multiple times. He stands in it every morning for breakfast and he loves to watch me cook in it. It's also been a lifesaver for me because it used to be hell getting him dressed in the morning. Like, crying, screaming having to hold him down. In the learning tower he happily gets dressed standing up while he eats. I've even perfected the standing diaper change in it .

Ours is at the end of our peninsula and there's plenty of room around it do it doesn't get in my way. I also like that it keeps DS safer than a stool would. He would definitely fall off a stool given half a chance.

My DH made one for my DD and it is one of our most used pieces of "gear". My DD is 3 and has used it several times every day for the last 1.5 years. She eats her breakfast, snacks and lunch in it and uses it almost every night to "help" me cook dinner. She's much happier eating in the tower so that she can still be a part of whatever I'm doing in the kitchen.

We got one for DS for Christmas this year - he's 16 months. I got it at Target online for 20-25% off sometime in November. So far it's been a huge hit and especially helpful in the mornings - DH makes him breakfast every morning while he stands in the learning tower and he happily eats there while DH can get other things accomplished. I think it's been a success so far bc DS is what we describe as "nosy" - he constantly wants to be up and see what we are doing, since he was about 2-3 months old.

We built one off the Ana white plans and use it multiple times a week. We didn't put the hinges on it because it wasn't important to us that it fold. It was a cheap quick project and gets plenty of use. In a kitchen chair Jack would def step off the side or somehow fall.

I built one using an Ikea bekvam stool (about $40 for the supplies) for my son's 1st birthday. He uses it many times every day; he can move it around the kitchen himself and get in an out of it himself. It is the most used kid item in our house.

I actually just built another one in preparation for the next kid. She's too little to be safe by herself in it, but she LOVES every time she gets to use it with one of us.

Grandparents gifted it to LO for Christmas when she was 13 months. They got it on a Black Friday sale from Little Partners. We use it so much - when she was little just to hang out in the kitchen with me and do different crafts and sensory play (kinetic sand was a big one when she was little). At 4 we still use it but now for helping me in the kitchen. I like that it's a safe place for her with no risk of falling.