Stokke High Chair

As your baby gets older and starts to sit up and eat solid foods (age 6-8 months), you will want to consider investing in a high chair for your baby.  There are different high chairs available for you to set your baby in when it’s meal time or time for play while you clean up the kitchen.  Before you run out and buy the first high chair you see, understand that there are different high chairs with different features.  Here are a few things to consider when buying a new high chair.

Child Security

Your main concern as a parent is your child’s safety.  You want to feel secure about the style of high chair you choose.  The first thing you should do is give different high chairs a good shake.  This will give you an idea of the chair’s stability.  From there, examine the design and structure of the different high chairs.  Look for legs that are wider.  This will help to create a more stable base for the chair.  You want to find a high chair that has a lower center of gravity, which will also promote strength and firmness in the chair.

Different high chairs are made to hold the child in the seat in different ways.  Some high chairs are equipped with waste belts to strap your child in.  Others come with a molding between the child’s legs to prevent them from slipping down and out of the chair.  You only want to consider high chairs that have this molding.  If the high chair only comes with the waist belt, your child faces the risk of slipping down if the belt isn’t fastened tight and possibly strangling if their head gets caught in the strap.

Tray Concerns

Different high chairs come with different styles of trays.  You want to find a high chair that allows for the easiest time in putting your baby in the seat and taking her out.  You also want to make sure that the tray snaps in securely.  Make sure that your baby can’t reach the tray release levers.  This may allow them to flip the levers, dump the tray everywhere, and possibly fall out the chair and hurt themselves.  You want to be sure that the tray doesn’t have any sharp edges or corners that your baby may cut themselves on.  Another feature you may want to look for is a tray that has tall walls on the sides to prevent food or whatever they’re playing with from falling on the floor, reducing your clean up time.