The First Year's Newborn-To-Toddler Reclining Feeding Seat
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Baby Products Reviews of The First Year's Newborn-To-Toddler Reclining Feeding Seat
Customer Review: Functional, small footprint and inexpensive
Summary: 5 Stars
We've been using this seat for about 6 months now with our now 14-month old daughter. It's been fantastic. We live in a townhouse and don't have room in the kitchen for a full-size high chair and this fits the bill perfectly. Initially, I was looking at the Fisher*Price version but then stumbled on this one at a local baby store. It was significantly less expensive ($30 vs. $55) and was a smaller footprint, which ended up being perfect. We also have kitchen chairs that don't have a wide seat so the FP one would actually have been too big.
The tray snaps on and off easily and we usually just hand-wash it after every meal. She gets it too messy to use without cleaning inbetween and it seems like a waste of space to shove it in the dishwasher even though it would definitely fit. The whole thing disassembles pretty easily for periodic cleaning. We toss the cover and straps in the washing machine. The cover goes in the dryer on low, but we keep the straps out. They're usually dry after the spin cycle anyway. And if it doesn't happen to be finished washing by her next mealtime, she just sits in the seat, sans cover. No harm done. It would be nice to find a replacement cover though for a change of pace and to switch out during washings but the lack of an additional cover doesn't detract from the seat.
Just some food for thought...If you have nice chairs, and an active toddler (i.e. one that tries to rock her chair...like ours) then you might want to put some sort of thin pad or seat protector between the seat and the chair. We have cheap, painted IKEA seats and they're getting scratched up from the straps and the motion of the seat moving on the chair itself. At the moment I don't particularly care but when we get some "nicer" furniture I sure wouldn't want it all scratched up. My $.02.
Hmm.. anything else? I can't really think of much more. It's a great, sturdy, little seat that does the job of the larger, more expensive ones for a fraction of the cost and space. We even had a friend who had a stand-alone high chair and got rid of it for one of these just to save on space.
Customer Review: Exactly what I needed
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this chair because my baby was getting ready to eat solids. Even before I started feeding him in it I would put him in it to "hang-out" with us at the table. He loves being in it!
What a great chair! Right now it is slightly reclined because my son doesn't have quite complete control over his upper body. The shape of the back of this chair keeps him fairly upright and the padded backing seems comfortable for him. The harness seems to keep him anchored to the chair. The tray is easily put on and taken off and the plastic insert with the vegetable and fruit pictures always catches his attention. The straps keep the chair anchored to one of our dining room chairs (padded) and it seems fairly stable for now. We keep it on the chair, but will take it with us when we travel. I like that its construction is plastic and washable fabric so I am able to easily keep it clean.
It is difficult to put together. Each piece really fits together snugly, and I really had to force everything together. I worried that I was going to break it, but I didn't. It is difficult to recline, but this only has to be done a couple of times. As i was putting it together I wondered whether the harness system would actually be secure, but it really is on mine.
I bought this on a whim, without doing any research. (I found it at BJ's for a great price and picked it up!) I don't regret the purchase for a moment. It is everything I needed without me realizing it.
Follow-up: Others have mentioned being disappointed that the seat padding is fabric. My son makes a HUGE mess every time he eats and the seat cover washes nicely. That being said, I did go to the manufacturer's website to order two more seat covers so I could have one in the wash and one spare. They aren't too expensive.
Customer Review: Great Chair!
Summary: 5 Stars
When my oldest son was a baby, we bought this as a less-expensive, portable alternative to a high chair. He recently turned four, and has long since graduated to sitting at the table in a "real" chair, and his little brother, who just turned two, is now using it. It's been through a lot, and is still sturdy and strong.
We have family in other states, and we take this seat with us when we visit. It is a big plus for us that it is relatively small and portable.
It's also very easy to keep clean. All pads and straps are removable and can be washed with the laundry, and the tray and the bottom part of the seat can go in the dishwasher. The back and sides of the seat have been through the dishwasher once or twice as well, but it was necessary to remove the top rack to fit them in.
The tray still snaps tight enough so that when my son hooks his toes under the edge and kicks, it still doesn't pop off.
All in all, I am extremely happy with this chair and am planning on buying another, since our 6-month-old baby will be ready for his own seat too, before the middle child is quite ready for a regular seat at the table.
Customer Review: Glad I gave it a chance
Summary: 4 Stars
I received this gift at my baby shower and did not register for it. I also received a high chair so I originally thought about taking this chair back. I'm glad I didn't. I assembled it when my son was 3 months old b/c he was fussing at us during dinner time from his swing (which is small and portable and he is much lower to the ground in it than we are.) We figured he wanted to be up higher and watch us. At first I had trouble putting the chair together - it required a bit of muscle power - and I was concerned the plastic was "cheap". But now we've been using it for 2 months and my baby loves it. Its so easy to feed him his rice cereal while he's in it. Plus, I strap him in when I'm cooking so he's close by and can watch me. I'm glad I kept it and we use it every day. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 b/c it seriously was not easy to get together.
On a side note, it cracks me up the mat on the tray has fruits and veggies in English on one side and in Spanish on the other. We joke our baby is on his way to learning Spanish - which actually probably isn't a bad idea these days.
Customer Review: Excellent booster feeding chair .. for both my sons
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this chair about 4 years ago, and have used it daily for both my kids. My version didn't come with a cushioned seat, but it has the cushioned backrest.
Positive features for me:
- lightweight: easy to transport from one chair to another
- not at all bulky, like a high chair taking up space
- easy to clean; although the tray fits in the dishwasher, I always washed it by hand
Other not so positive features, but they didn't cause me much grief:
- easily stains ... but what plastic doesn't get stained from, say, spaghetti sauce splatters!
- the newborn-to-toddler recline is I M P O S S I B L E!! I tried changing it when we bought it, but our booster seat is "stuck" in the upright position, for the next mom :-). Maybe the newer versions are "mom finger-friendly"!
Even with these minor issues, I give this seat 5 stars because it has been the daily workhorse for me with my kids when they were toddler-age.
Definitely recommend.