Skip to main content You are hereHome / Baby / Gear Space Saver High ChairsModern and compact high chairs that are perfect for small spaces from Graco, Chicco, Fisher-Price, and more ‹ prevnext › ChiccoAffordable Sophistication Our favorite feature of Chicco’s Polly magic is the silver leatherette cushioning that fits right in with your kitchen’s stainless steel. The oversize tray is easy to remove with one hand—voilà! Save space—and money—with the Fisher-Price Swing to High Chair. As its name implies, it does double duty as a place for baby to eat and as a spot for snoozing. The music feature provides a nice suppertime serenade. GracoThought-of-Everything Chair Attention “baby bunchers” out there (those of you with two kids younger than 2): Graco’s Blossom 4-in-1 seating system is an infant highchair, an infant booster, a toddler booster and a youth chair—and you can use the highchair and booster simultaneously! JoovyEasy-Peasy The Joovy nook offers a tray that conveniently swings open so you don’t have to worry about where to set it.
The chair folds flat in a flash and sports a handle so you can take it anywhere. KeekarooThe Keekaroo Cafe Booster was designed to survive the messiest of eaters. It’s waterproof and tear-resistant, not to mention cushiony soft. Booster features a five-point safety harness (a rare find in a booster) to keep your tot firmly in his spot. And how can you resist those beautiful lines? Oxo Highchair Plus More For kids from 6 months to 5 years, the OXO Tot Sprout Chairgrows with your child from purées to PB&Js. It starts as a highchair then converts to a youth chair that cozies right up toyour dining table. Phil & TedFully Adjustable Virtually every inch of phil&teds Highpod can be lifted, tilted or otherwise tweaked to fit your table and feeding style. The chair’s seamless shell means food won’t become caught in hard to-clean cracks. Safety 1stSafety 1st’s Comfy Cushy Baby Seat isn’t just a booster that attaches to your kitchen chair. It works anywhere you need a safe place for your tot to sit.
SpaceSaver High Chair – Flower Pot Read Reviews ()Write a Review Fisher-Price® SpaceSaver High Chair straps securely to just about any kitchen or dining chair to give you and baby all the features, comfort, and convenience of a full-size high chair…in only half the space! Easy one-hand tray removal. Machine-washable seat pad and 5-point restraint—and so much more! Now the Fisher-Price® SpaceSaver High Chair’s dishwasher-safe tray with built-in cup holder has a Fastfinder™ Link, so you can hang bibs, towels and toys within easy reach. Best of all, this high chair “grows” with baby from a reclining seat for newborns, to an upright seat for infants, to a comfortable, “big-kid” booster seat for toddlers. Compact size makes it perfect for use in small spaces, or on the go!Use upright position only with a child who has enough upper body control to sit up unassisted.Weight limit: 50 lbs. (23 kg)FeaturesStraps easily & securely to most kitchen or dining chairs Two height adjustments, three recline positions Dishwasher-safe tray with Fastfinder™ Link One-hand tray removal Machine washable 5-point restraint converts to 3-point as baby growsRemovable seat back and tray (for toddler booster seat) Spill & stain resistant Nano-Tex® fabric seat pad—machine and surface washable Compact size stores easily when not in use;
If you want to keep your white rug white, your wooden floors scratch-free, your vintage dresses & designer tea towels & first edition books & original art works and hand blown glasswear pristine, you have two choices: I know it’s tempting to think the third choice is to keep your children under control and clean and calm. And even though you can probably do those things sometimes, hell, most of the time if you’re focused, there’s almost no chance you’ll do it All the time. They are exploring and learning. Often it requires pushing your hands into your porridge and then rubbing into your eyes, sometimes feeding yourself is so hard that only half of it makes it to your mouth and rest falls innocently on the floor, and sometimes it means feeling so frustrated that your limited coping skills induce you to throw half a peach at the wall. By all means, try to keep eating under control and try to keep your house clean enough to feel comfortable in, but it’s best if you also try not to worry about a bit of mess at meal time.
the first smile, the pulling of the feet to the face to grab toes, the first rolling, sleeping through the night, sitting, crawling, standing, and walking. It is all so wonderful to behold as our little ones become more fully inhabited and capable in their tiny bodies. Each physical step is accompanied by greater social interactions, and we feel delight in how our babies become more and more “human.” One of the aspects of being human is being a two-footed vertical mammal. No other mammal on the planet lives this way fully. In being a vertical mammal, humans have a unique physical alignment between earth and sky, or Heaven and Earth, if you will. Our feet are solidly planted on the ground while our spines lengthen and reach up through our heads toward the sky. While standing up is the most obvious way this occurs, it has become apparent to me, as a baby movement specialist, that sitting is the beginning of this physical alignment. This is why so many parents and caregivers are absolutely joyous and thrilled when their little ones sit.
When sitting one has the ability to really look around and interact with the world and others in a very full way. It is very exciting indeed. Babies who sit up on their own have a very alert and beautifully aligned presence. They look very much like little Buddhas. Eyes are open and taking in the world, bodies are calm, and if you look carefully you will see that a baby who does this independently is very balanced and confident. There is no schlumping or slouching in the spine, no teetering or tottering in any direction. It is as if they have “arrived.” The sit bones, or bottom of the pelvis, are rooted to the ground, while the spine, having developed its curves via all of the other developmental movement processes that precede sitting, is aligned with a center axis that reaches upward through the body toward the “heavens.” Finding this pose for a baby takes a lot of practice and work through all of the preceding patterns. Trying to get a baby into a sitting position before it is ready is something that is not necessary and in fact could cause some challenges in the future.
Many manufacturers of baby equipment have created items to help assist babies in sitting up but these are NOT NECESSARY and can actually influence harmful physical patterns. If you consider the developmental movement patterns that occur in babies from in utero through birth and infancy to lead a baby to standing vertically as PUZZLE PIECES, then SITTING is one of these pieces. As a jigsaw puzzle is put together it initially does not have an image that represents what the picture will eventually look like. As we continue working to find the puzzle pieces parts of the picture become clearer and it becomes more exciting to reach completion, but it takes perseverance! When babies are placed into a sitting position instead of allowed to find their own way there it is as if someone else has come along and completed a major piece of the movement puzzle for them. The “arrival” into a vertical position is not something they have accomplished for themselves in this case but something that has been denied.
Physically, a baby who is put in this position is not truly ready to be there and stress is placed upon the internal alignment of the spine, muscles, and other bones that contribute to sitting independently. The baby might lean forward, backward or waver side-to-side weebling and wobbling in uncertainty. Sometimes this is subtle but nonetheless, it is stress on the system. When strapped into a piece of equipment into a seated position before the baby is truly ready to be there patterns begin to develop in the body that could lead toward future alignment problems. The bottom line (pun intended) about babies and sitting independently is LET THEM FIND THEIR OWN WAY THERE. In doing so this develops physical balance, coordination, sequencing skills, spatial awareness, and a profound sense of self-accomplishment, which leads to positive body image, self-image, and self-esteem. If you think of ascending a mountain, the only way to get there is to climb it! Babies need and want to do this too.
So let your baby fined its seated “Mountain pose.” WHAT ARE THE OTHER PUZZLE PIECES THAT LEAD TO SITTING The following is a list of developmental movement patterns that occur in babies. Not all babies move through each pattern nor do they all move through them in the same sequence. Encouraging time on the tummy is extremely important but takes practice, as the head is so big and heavy in proportion to the rest of the body. All of these patterns help the baby develop the curves of the spine, which are not present at birth. Spinal curves include cervical, thoracic, and lumbar curves that are the architectural foundation necessary for human being to sit and stand vertically. Without the curves in our spines we would fall down! These are the healthy curves of the spine as opposed to scoliosis, which is what developmental movement work helps to avoid! • Lifting of the head in tummy time • Lifting of the bottom, or tail, in tummy time • Rolling front to back and back to front
• Side lying balancing • Hands grasping and reaching for the feet lying on the back • Pushing the hands and arms into the floor to move in a circle on the belly • Pushing the hands and arms into the floor causing the body to move backwards on the belly • Pushing from the feet to propel oneself into creeping on the belly ( “army crawl”) • Pushing up to hands and knees to balance on all fours • Pushing up to hands and knees balance and rocking back and forth to further develop balance • Pushing up to hands and feet balance (downward facing dog or plank poses) • Pushing up to all fours and rocking the bottom back to sitting!!!!!! WHAT ABOUT OTHER KINDS OF SITTING FOR BABIES? Babies are placed into a variety of sitting positions before they can sit independently. Car seats, bouncy seats, baby swings, strollers, snuggled into pillows on a bed or couch with someone nearby, and sitting snuggled into the lap of a caregiver are all safe as the baby can lean back on an incline taking pressure off the spine.
High chairs or other equipment that forces a baby to sit straight up vertically could be harmful to use before a baby is sitting independently. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MY BABY? Get down on the floor on your own tummy or back and play play play!!!! Have fun, and cheer on your child’s efforts and successes! Ideally a baby needs 45 minutes of Tummy Time play in a day. This would not happen all at once! That would be too much to expect. But spending time during diapering is a great way to add some play time. Appreciate your baby’s innate instincts and curiosity about the world that lead him/her to the puzzle pieces of movement that lead toward sitting or standing. Acknowledge the hard work it takes and let your baby rest. It takes tremendous effort to do what they do! Slow yourself down and become very observant. Try doing what your baby does. A lot of the developmental movements are similar to yoga poses and feel wonderful. Support and encourage your baby but do not push them.