MUST-HAVE MONDAY: Travel Highchair

MUST-HAVE MONDAY: Travel Highchair

This week’s “must-have” took me a couple years and a couple kids later to realize the obvious need.

Everyone knows you need a highchair. Preferably one with a few different transitional seats. And a booster.

But a travel highchairReally?

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Yes. Really.

This is Phil&Teds Lobster Highchair. It simply & securely clamps onto most tables and surfaces. They sit right up to the table to limit food dropping everywhere. It also includes a tray that snaps on and off for simple cleanup. It’s aluminum frame is lightweight. It also folds up into a handy carrying case for easy storage – just keep it in your trunk! Bonus: it can hold your baby OR your toddler. It holds up to 37 pounds!! 

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When & Where Would I Ever Need This?

1. Grandma’s House
Ok. So Grandma is “Super Grandma” and has a highchair already. Either brand new or from 35 years ago. But guess what? Chances are, Grandma will have more than 1 grandchild pretty soon. Point made. (This also applies to Friends’ Houses, Great-Grandma’s House, Aunt Jen’s House, & all family gatherings, really.)

2. Dinner Alfresco
Snap this bad boy on the patio table out back and you’re set. This was a big one for us. Hauling our hefty highchair out the backdoor, off the deck, and onto our stone patio was not only hard on the wheels (concrete/stone), but also really annoying to carry out during spring/summer months of dining outside.

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3. Picnics
Fits great snapped onto a picnic table. No more dripping all over the blanket. No more baby crawling off to chase bugs. No more eating grass and stones instead of watermelon.

4. Restaurants
Okay. Of course I have used the gross restaurant wooden highchairs. But they are far from ideal. The openings are huge, so your 7 month old is slipping out through the back and sides. The majority of the kids’ food ends up on the floor. And you know those high school and college kids could care less about wiping and sanitizing those nasty wooden highchairs. The buckles are broken 95% of the time, or else too coated with nastiness to function. Gooey ketchup smears and crusted food. Are you sold yet?
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5. Playdates
When you go to someone else’s house for a “playdate”, they inevitably will be occupying their highchair and booster seat. Duh. And if you expect them to have extras . . . amidst the rest of the baby stuff oozing from every corner (jumper, swing, bouncer, chairs, strollers, shopping carts, entire toy kitchens . . . oi vey), then you’re either a mother of one or naive. Just bring this over and lock your child up for ten minutes! And be an awesome mom and savior and offer this up when you host your own playdates.

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6. Breakfast Bar or Kitchen Island
Clip it onto the island or kitchen counter so you don’t have to be tripping over the huge highchair in the kitchen. Kids want to be near you. ALWAYS. The reason they crawl up your legs while you’re in the kitchen or emptying the dishwasher (or doing anything really) is because they love you and want to learn about the world and see what could be more fun than playing with them. Pop them in the seat and talk to them while you prep and cook. Throw a couple cheerios on it, or else just a few toys. Or a spoon for pete’s sake. Sometimes they just like to sit up at your level.

7. Family Vacations
Weddings, Hotel Stays, More Restaurants. Super light and compact to throw in a suitcase – or your diaper bag.

Alright, there are probably a bunch of other scenarios I could think of where this would make life so much easier. But this should suffice. It’s only limitations are clipping to a rounded edge of a table, or a table with a lip under it.

Seriously, check it out at Amazon.

Happy Monday,
Kristi

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