The Coolest New Convertible Baby Seat Bouncers are one of those baby products that you’ve gotta have for the first few months (how else would you go to the bathroom or take a shower?). But they have a short life. After about six months you’ll never use the thing again. Stokke Steps, the new bouncer that can transform into a high chair, begs to differ. Adaptability is what makes this product special. To get the full effect, you buy it in two stages. Start with the Stokke Steps Bouncer, which sells for $199.99. That might sound like a hefty price tag, but this little baby soother has a few better-than-average features. Before baby is big or advanced enough to bounce on her own, it has a cradling motion to keep her moving and happy. And when she’s ready to bat at a toy, you can add one to the detachable hanger. The fabric color options are also on trend with neutrals like greige and brights including orange, and there’s lots of plush padding to keep your little one cozy.
Another big plus: The fabric is washable. Looking for a place to perch baby? We all know putting the bouncer on the kitchen counter is a safety no-no, but having her at your height while you’re making dinner or having a meal is nice. So, now add on the Stokke Steps Chair. In one quick step you can pop the cushioned baby seat out of the bouncer and onto the high chair to bring your little one closer to you. The high chair is an additional $279.99, making the whole shebang quite a splurge ($479.98), but it’ll also check three things off your to-buy list: a bouncer, high chair and toddler seat. When your sidekick is ready for solids, use the Stokke Steps Chair as a traditional high chair, with or without a tray. The simple plastic design is easy to clean and wipe down, over and over and over again. Later, remove the baby seat with back and leg holes and adjust the foot rest for your growing toddler, and they’ve got the perfect adjustable seat to last throughout childhood.
The Stokke Steps Bouncer retails for $199.99 and the Stokke Steps Chair retails for $279.99. or at select retail stores. Would you spring for this all-in-one chair? Tell us in the Comments! Photos courtesy of Stokke Set Product as New from Date Tripp Trapp Highchair Anniversary Edition Introducing the limited edition Tripp Trapp® Anniversary Collection made of premium Oak wood & exclusive hardware. Each is numbered & has the engraved signature of the designer in celebration of the 10 millionth chair produced. Tripp Trapp® is an ingenious baby chair designed to fit right into your table. The versatile design allows your chair to grow with your child, so that adults can comfortably enjoy the highchair too. The chair’s intelligent, ergonomic design allows freedom of movement and encourages play and independence, while still making safety and security paramount. 2- 4 week lead time Shipping & Delivery Available Learn More Your little one will enjoy mealtimes with the Tripp Trapp® cushion.
It provides a cozy seat by adding lush comfort and support to your child. Made to accompany the Tripp Trapp Baby Set, this cushion will keep baby comfy and happy for every meal. Shipping & Delivery Available Learn MoreThey say parenthood changes you. It most certainly means you have to buy a lot of stuff—just leaving the hospital with the new bundle of joy requires having already purchased a car seat. Then there’s the bouncer for the living room, the highchair for eating meals, and so on and so forth. In 1972 a Norwegian company called Stokke rightly ascertained that parents could use a more streamlined system for plopping down their kids. They released the Tripp Trapp, an adjustable highchair seating system designed to grow up with kids, accommodating them from six months old to seven or so years old. Now, Stokke has tapped Oslo-based design group Permafrost with expanding the chairs utility yet again. It's called Stokke Steps, and it's an all-in-one bouncer seat and high chair.
Permafrost (who created these sweet wooden kid’s toys) added a baby bouncer to the Stokke chair. Whereas the original chair was meant for tots who had reached six months of age, the new model can seat even a newborn baby who can't yet hold up its own head. To make a seat that could gently cradle a newborn, the Permafrost designers had to rethink the physics of the bouncer. A standard bouncer has a spring in the front, near the baby's feet. That metal coil creates the swinging effect that can soothe a fussy kid, but because of its position, the chair moves in one direction. Permafrost dispersed the movement by adding a set of double-hinged legs. "Instead of just hopping up and down there is also a horizontal movement in the bouncer, creating a swing that mimics the cradling movement of a parents arms," says designer Tore Vinje Brustad. They also tinkered with the technology that allows each piece to easily attach and then unfasten to the primary structure. "There are several different components that are adjustable and removable, and making the handling of these functions easy and intuitive… has been an exercise in simplifying and clarifying the design," Vinje Brustad tells Co.Design.
The modularity of Stokke Steps revolves around a series of knobs that slide and then lock into place. Those circular mechanisms are meant to form a design language that communicates hotspots for operating the chair, while still looking stylishly unobtrusive. Because the team was committed to building the chair primarily in wood ("in order to differentiate ourselves from the usual highchairs that look more like hospital equipment," says Vinje Brustad), they had to go through many iterations to ensure that the beech wood and thermoplastic materials could meet strength and safety requirements. "In the end, the quality of the final product is often closely related to the number of iterations you make in the refinement phase," Vinje Brustad says. "Whenever we think we’re done we force ourselves to make one more prototype, and usually there is room for one little adjustment and improvement." As for user testing? Vinje Brustad says the team did some gonzo research: "Three out of four Permafrost partners have had babies during the time that Stokke Steps has been developed, and they have all been put to work immediately."