12 Days of Giveaways « Previous postHappy Feet Two available now on DVD and BluRay! Next post »7 Best choices for your child's first utensils High chair Vs. booster seat? posted: March 13, 2012, 12:13 pm in: Baby, Pregnant, Toddler, Previews & Reviews, Products & Gear, Products & Prizes One of the biggest baby registry questions (after baby furniture, stroller and car seat) is do you get a high chair or a feeding booster seat? Pros for High Chairs: Eye Contact with child (this was a big one with me) Huge tray to serve food on (that can go in the dishwasher) You can fold most of them up if you need the space back. Reclines for younger babies Cons for High Chairs: Most people don’t actually fold high chairs up Can’t take out of the house (too big) Hard to clean (food ALWAYS gets in crevices and fall on the floor) Most kids grow out of a high chair when they’re between 18 months to 2 1/2 years — unless you have something that will grow with your child, like Stokke’s Tripp Trapp.
Expensive (most likely over $100, upwards to over $300 – yikes!) Even with the tray off, it may not but your table well (and food may get on the floor). Pros for Feeding Booster Seats Easy to clean – you can take it off and clean under the seat You can take it with you (to grandma’s house.. You can take the tray off (if it comes with one) and place your child at the table. Price is more reasonable — around $30 – $60 A child can start off in the feeding booster seat with a tray and then go to the table as they get older. You can lower the booster seat and use it until your child outgrows any kind of booster seat. Cons for Feeding Booster Seats May not recline, and therefore not suitable from birth to 6 months of age. Some kids still may not be able to sit up easily in a non-reclining booster seat until 8 or 9 months. Seat may be too low, hard to have eye contact with baby. May not be as “stylish” as a high chair Personally, I prefer a high chair, but end up going to a feeding booster seat when my kids get to around 18 months to 2 years old.
Skylar is still in a high chair at 19 months and it suits him just fine. But I will be eventually moving him into his sister’s feeding booster seat (which was her big brother’s). We’ve used hand me down high chairs and booster seats, as long as it’s not recalled, you can use them safely! Which do you prefer, high chair or booster seat? Traveling with a baby? 5 hotel chains that make it easy posted February 22, 2017, 8:54 am 7 great wet/dry bags and why you need a bunch handy posted February 21, 2017, 8:17 am 9 mom-approved cheap birthday party favors posted February 17, 2017, 4:23 am 7 baby-gear knockoffs that look like expensive brands posted February 16, 2017, 3:32 pm More Products & Prizes »The Ovo comes with both fabric and leather strap options for two different price points but finally busting through the perception that a high chair has to have those cheap, woven straps that are impossible to wash. For this alone, Micuna is an innovator that should stand the test of time.
Micuna is a European brand that has not been in the states for long, giving you a leg-up on the other parents on the block for original design. The Ovo is a round birchwood and plastic pod that marries cool Spanish design with baby feeding in a new way – the Ovo’s tray is fixed and offset, making your infant look like she’s enjoying a snack at an old-school Baskin Robbins or writing on a scrivener’s desk.See Micuna Ovo Pricing HereThere are even limited edition Ovo chairs to complement their classic original color offerings (white and black chairs, plus seat covers in pink, red, blue, white, and tan). Limited edition Ovo chairs have colored chair tips and new cushion designs for a cuter look without sacrificing your design aesthetics.It’s a cozy chair that still sports great design and a high-tech approach: from its polyethelene shell and injection mold design, this egg looks as sweet as it is stylish.Micuna doesn’t come with a crotch post, but does have an imitation- leather strap that makes it difficult for an infant to slide through and even harder to rub and scratch an infant.
The strap and 5-point harness meet the industry’s voluntary safety standards, and its wide legs feel sturdy.The Micuno Ovo’s plastic leg tips can be removed, making the chair lower and useful for kids’ rooms as they grow. This gives kids an Eames-style arm chair for future schoolwork, though Micuna just touts the chair through age 6.This is probably because its cozy design means your child will eventually outgrow the seat and move on to a big-kid desk chair. In the meantime, you can keep the awesome design and get a longer-life product than almost any of the other chairs, except the Stokke Tripp Trapp which lasts a lifetime.Leather straps are the Micuna Ovo high chair’s big selling point in the cleaning department.The chair comes with fabric, which is always a sticking point. However, it’s fully removable, and you could opt to use the chair with even smaller tots with no insert whatsoever, and only have to worry about wiping the crotch and harness straps. The egg itself is easy to wipe and with only the shell and legs making the journey out of toddlerhood with your child, looking perfect for the wear.
Harness straps come in both leather and fabric. The leather is soft, but I could see it rubbing a child who did not fi perfectly and being uncomfortable to use. We do love that the straps come from behind the baby’s shoulders, though, with adjustable heights for the best fit possible.Micuna Ovo is a stand-alone chair. No folding and storing allowed here, though the chair does convert to a “regular” desk chair and fits into your own décor. Because the design doesn’t scream “baby,” but “hip Valencia mama,” it’s an addition that’s supposed to add to your kitchen.The footprint is not overwhelming, though the legs offer good span and support.Ovo’s claim to fame is superior quality, with leather options and thoughtful design. Because it grows with a child, it can be passed down to friends or future generations. This makes the price point more appealing than a throwaway model – there’s no wasted investment with the Micuna Ovo.Euro moms have known the Micuna name as a standard in design and green-thinking for decades, but the Ovo is brand new in the U.S.
The Ovo offers not only streamlined engineering, but beechwood and adorable packaging that make it great for moms who appreciate that their house won’t turn into Romper Room once their baby makes an appearance. They absolutely love the round packaging and the possibility they can use it as storage in their baby’s room as well as actually enjoy looking at the high chair.Because the design-centric chairs have few moving parts, there is little to hate about them. There are no folding mechanism to break, few moving parts to pinch tot fingers, and no problem cleaning all those crevices. Streamlining your mama-life is what it’s all about.Micuna is still a European company with a few short years of U.S. experience. The U.S. version of the high chair has a fixed tray table because U.S. standards do not allow it to swing, but other safety features have been standard on European models for years. The whole high chair industry self-polices itself with voluntary safety features like crotch posts and harnesses.