Highlights of the Keekaroo Infant Insert are: Looking for another wooden high chair option? Check out our Height Right High Chair with cloth seat cushion, plastic passive crotch restraint and bumpers.Your High Chair can be converted into a Kids Chair! Available accessories include Comfort Cushions for added comfort.Rated a Consumer Reports' "Top Pick," the award-winning Sprout Chair will grow with your child through his/her developmental stages, from six months to five years; for children over age three, the seat post, tray and harness can be removed so your tot can sit comfortably at the family table. The chair also includes a variety of thoughtful features to help keep your little one comfortable and safe and make your life easier.Helpful Information: Looking for replacement parts and toys?Find products Looking for Graco retailers in your area? If the natural materials and softer lines of antique or vintage-looking baby furniture appeal to you, a wooden high chair might top your wish list.
New wooden high chairs are as safe as their plastic counterparts, as long as they include the same safety features. A vintage or antique wooden high chair is safe for use only if you've ensured that the finish is free from lead or other toxins, and if it has safety features that meet today's standards. One benefit of plastic high chairs is that they're easier to clean than wooden ones, especially wooden chairs with elaborate leg turnings that trap little bits of food. Plastic trays can go in the dishwasher; some new wooden high chairs come with plastic removable covers you can pop into the dishwasher as well. If you have a vintage high chair, clean the tray thoroughly with hot soapy water every time you use it to prevent food from sticking. A new wooden high chair poses no more safety risk than a plastic chair, since it's manufactured to today's safety standards. An old chair, however, might not have a crotch post, which keeps your baby from falling through the bottom of the chair.
The safety strap and crotch strap, which can serve as a substitute for a crotch post, might be broken or missing. This leaves nothing to keep your little one in the seat if the tray falls off and he tips forward or if he maneuvers both legs through one leg opening of the chair. A newer wooden chair that's certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association should meet all safety standards for preventing falls. Old lead-based paint poses a risk on vintage wooden high chairs. Rather than painting over old paint, strip it off and refinish the chair with water-based paint or a stain certified as safe for use on an eating surface. Drying oils such as linseed, tung and diluted varnish penetrate into the wood and harden it. Although you might worry about bacteria accumulating in wood more than it would on a plastic high chair, wooden cutting boards contained less bacteria after exposure to raw meat than plastic boards when tested by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
While you're unlikely to cut raw meat on your toddler's high chair tray, the study did show that wooden boards didn't pose additional risk over plastic ones, even when both were scratched with use. If you use a vintage high chair, check the hardware to make sure all the pieces are accounted for and sturdy enough to hold your baby. Examine the hardware that holds the tray as it slides in place, both to make sure it's not loose and to see if your baby could pinch his fingers in the mechanism. Test the hardware that allows the chair to fold to ensure that the chair won't collapse while being used. A chair with a wide base has a lower chance of tipping over. Gain 2 pounds per week Gain 1.5 pounds per week Gain 1 pound per week Gain 0.5 pound per week Maintain my current weight Lose 0.5 pound per week Lose 1 pound per week Lose 1.5 pounds per week Lose 2 pounds per week Safety Tips for Bungee Jumping The Safety of Iron Cribs Injuries From Bungee Jumping
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My sister, who has many small ones, recently traded her extensive plastic dish collection for , which is affordable, quite shatter-resistant (particularly on linoleum), dishwasher-safe, microwave-safe, and very space efficient. You can read more about Corelle . You might also consider if you have a linoleum or carpeted kitchen floor (I've broken plenty of tempered glass on my stone tile floor). Utensils: Stainless Steel for Kids and Grown-ups For babies, I've used any tiny stainless steel spoons I can find, from play spoons that are food-safe to hors d'oevre spoons in Target. For my older kids, I have used the Gerber Graduates spoons. They have BPA-free plastic handles but the part you put in your mouth is stainless steel. I do not like their forks (too dull) and let my kids use regular salad forks. For my beginning eaters, I just use a whole lot of cotton bibs. The best ones were large and thick and were hand-sewn gifts. For older babies and toddlers who mostly eat independently, my new favorite bib is the from Etsy shop .
It is everything a bib should be: waterproof without plastic (center is backed in terry cloth), long-sleeved, tie closure at the neck, pocket to catch crumbs. I have also used and liked the , which are 100% polyester with a proprietary waterproof coating. I should know what the coating is, but I don't, because when I bought it in the store, I just noted the 100% polyester on the tag (Bumkins says their bibs are vinyl free, PVC free, lead free, phthalate free). I mostly like the Bumkins bib for the pocket. Because of the Velcro closure, I only use this bib with my preschooler (both of my kids have torn this bib off in 0.5 seconds while toddlers). A similar bib that does disclose all materials (cotton with Thermo polyurethane coating) is made by . We've also used , which are . For food, we mostly use stainless steel food containers such as and . They are a bit bulkier and heavier than other options but they clean up beautifully in the dishwasher and keep foods from getting crushed.
We also often use for dry non-messy foods. For more to-go containers, check out . For my second child, we purchased a (that you strap on top of a chair). Fisher-Price wouldn't tell me what the tray was made of, but they did tell me it was BPA-free, phthalate-free and lead-free. In retrospect, I wish I had not bought this chair. We only used it for a few months before switching to a regular booster seat. I wish I'd just held my baby on my lap to eat all the time (she spent most of her time during meals there anyway) until she could use a booster seat independently. My friend Kelly has a cool by Graco. I wish someone would make an affordable stainless steel high chair tray. I bought with tray because it was advertised as BPA-free. Although it has a lot of nooks and crannies, you can put the whole thing in the dishwasher. I do not put the tray through the dishwasher though -- only hand wash for that, since my baby eats off of it. For my 3-year-old, we've liked using the (pictured above) made of "" (plastic is derived partly from renewable resources such as plant byproducts not used for food).