Have chair, will travel

Remember my mini-rant about the ubiquitous highchair-without-tray? Well after a few more unsuccessful run-ins with this item I decided to wage war and take my own chair everywhere! Obviously our current highchairs (Mothercare padded and folding one and the convertible wooden one that becomes a table and chairs) aren't exactly portable! I can't easily roam the city streets with one of those over my shoulder!

So I googled it!

There are a few options it would seem - Lindam have a portable chair and Chicco do one very similar. But I liked the Mothercare one. It's height adjustable so can be lowered as Baby Bean gets taller; the tray doesn't have to be on it once she's old enough to sit at the table, and it comes with its own bag for carrying it! But it cost more than our normal (discounted, admittedly) highchairs.

So I ebayed it! (Gotta love the internet :-))

And look what we found....

 

 

So we have won! We can now BLW our baby with ease wherever we want!

 

But it also means I need to make a confession - we are now the proud owner of FIVE highchair-type-things: the aforementioned 2, a Chicco one which clamps onto the table, this one, and a booster seat that doubles as a change bag.

 

Do you think this may be excessive?!?! Or can it count as a "stash" for the BLW family? Thing is, they are all going to be so useful!

 

1) The wooden highchair lives in the dining room and is used for dinner. When Baby Bean is older she can sit on the chair, at the table bit, and colour in (just as her cousins did before her).

2) The Mothercare padded one is in the kitchen so is used for breakfast and often for lunch. It saves me dragging through the other one and means I can do house "stuff" while she eats. Besides, it has a removable insert in the tray so is very cool :-)

3) This one - well we can take it everywhere so will no longer have to worry about whether restaurants have highchairs. We can also take it to other people's houses!

Plus, Bean can touch her toes in it, which is ALWAYS a good game:-D

 

 

 

4) The booster seat - as per number 3, but we won't need a separate change bag.

5) The Chicco clamp-on seat......... OK, we probably won't use this one. But we used one in Wagamama and it seemed like a good idea at the time!

So you see, one highchair really is never enough!

 

Now, how do I stop myself buying an Ikea Antilop........