Safety 1st Timba Wooden Highchair, Adjustable Baby Highchair with Detachable Tray, 6 Months-10 Years, Natural

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Also, any high chair with comfortable padding like this one takes longer to clean; food crumbs get in the crevice where the cushion meets the plastic seat. You can also set it to be a youth seat, first using the high chair seat and later swapping that out for a strapless, backless seat that could be used as a preschooler's desk chair, though the frame adds some bulk.

With a removable tray and adjustable seat and footrest height, this high chair should have longevity, but is it also safe and sturdy? and recline: Not all high chairs have adjustable heights or a recline feature, but we gave points to chairs that did. Our Good Housekeeping Executive Technical Director, Rachel Rothman, said "I used this with all three of my kids and found it super easy to pack away into its carry case, which you can keep under your stroller or in your car's backseat so you're always ready for a lunch or a playdate snack.

Rachel Rothman (she/her) is the chief technologist and executive technical director at the Good Housekeeping Institute, where she oversees testing methodology, implementation and reporting for all GH Labs. If you'd like to use a high chair during your baby's first 6 months, you'll want a full-size chair that can recline (as shown in our photo).

The shoulder straps keep your baby’s torso from falling forward and prevent your little one from wiggling out (as they may be able to in a waist-belt-only restraint system). While it’s tempting to skip straight to a booster seat to save space or money, it’s wise to choose an age-appropriate high chair for your child.Once again, any high chair with comfortable padding such as this one will take a bit longer to clean, and this pad can be wiped down but is not machine-washable. In toddlerhood, the seat and the base can separate, so the seat can become a booster that sits on top of a regular dining chair. Before the switch, high chair injuries were responsible for more than 18,000 emergency-room visits, mostly caused when a child tried to climb in or out of a high chair; when the chair tipped over as a child pushed or rocked backwards; or when parts of the high chair (like the restraint) failed to work properly. We gave points to chairs with cushions that can be used to keep an infant or older baby sitting comfortably for longer.

A 5-star rating means that parents perceived and would have described the stability of the high chair as very good/excellent/the best/far above average. For cleaning, the tray easily fits into your dishwasher, and the cushion can be thrown in the laundry on cold.

Even with one of those, for a baby, I would probably still rinse the tray after I cleaned it since they pick up food and put it directly in their mouths. There are two cushions that can be removed and machine-washed, and the tray on top of the tray fits into a dishwasher for cleaning.