Your baby has grown up, has become mobile, easily rolls over and tries to sit. He sleeps less and he no longer likes to be in a bed for a long time. Its boring there. And now it’s impossible for either mom or dad to calmly drink tea, wash the dishes or iron. The time of complementary feeding is inexorably approaching. The solution to all these tasks is to buy a high chair. The article will tell you the secret of how easy it is to choose such an indispensable assistant, help you navigate the variety of models and decide which one will be convenient for you.
REFERENCE! When choosing, it is important to know that a modern chair for feeding is not only a device for eating by a child, but also a convenient and safe place for quiet board games, moving around the apartment and even sleeping.
Design
All stationary seats, designed exclusively for home use, look like a regular chair, but be sure to be equipped with high legs, a back, armrests, a footrest, a removable table, a cover and, most importantly, seat belts.
The following are the differences, for example, in the material (plastic, wood, metal), design, but most importantly in the set of additional options:
- the presence of a mechanism for folding the chair to a compact size;
- backrest, reclining in several positions;
- the ability to adjust the steps in height;
- whether the device is equipped with wheels and locks;
- the presence / absence of several positions on the countertop (further / closer), recesses and openings for greater stability of the dishes, sides that limit spillage of liquids to the floor;
- the cover is removed or not removed.
Classification by type
Not folding classic wooden. A growing highchair.
This category includes a high wooden chair, equipped with a non-reclining backrest, armrests, with a height-adjustable chair and a footrest. The tabletop does not have any of the additional options, it can be removable and contains a two-point fixing element, which is a belt between the legs of the child, built into the body of the seat and tabletop. The cover is usually missing.
IMPORTANT! This model can be used exclusively for feeding the baby. The age at which the use of this species is shown is not earlier than 6 months and not more than three years.
A variation of the above model can be recognized as the so-called growing stool. In general, he repeats the design of the classic look, with the only difference being that it is not equipped with armrests and a table. Like a regular chair, but with support for legs and lumbar support up to 10 years of age, it ensures the correct physiological position of the child at the table.
Folding high
This category includes products mainly from plastic with the inclusion of metal (legs, for example). In addition to a complete set of standard and additional functions, only this type of chair is equipped with a mechanism that allows the model to fold. The ability to fold and remove, if necessary, frees up space, compensating for the excessive volume of models of this type. But even some cumbersomeness of individual representatives is justified, as it arises due to additional features.
The chair is transformed into a deck chair, which allows you not to disturb the child if he falls asleep at the table, and most importantly, to use it almost from birth, without waiting until the baby can sit. But that is not all. Kids in this chair can be rocked, and for older children, this feature works like a swing.
It is this view that usually becomes the owner of a bright, fun design and additional pockets and nets-baskets for the many necessary little things, built-in game panels and mounted toys.
NOTE! Such a model is used from 4 months (in the presence of a deck chair) and up to 3 years inclusive.
Transformers
They are an upside down table and a high chair fixed on top. Most often made of wood, less often of heavy-duty plastic, extremely rare of metal. Have a full set of standard equipment. Additional features are equipped only with countertops. The case in wooden models is replaced by a soft, upholstered with waterproof fabric (oilcloth, dermatin) armchair, the back of the armrests, in plastic may be completely absent.
The main ability to be laid out on a table and chair, which allows to extend the service life up to 5 years. Recommended for use from 6 months.
Mobile Padlock, booster chair, road.
ATTENTION! the name of this species speaks for itself. These seats have a very special design.
Designed for use outside the home, they provide minimal comfort and safety for the child on the road, away, outdoors. Moreover, they are small in volume, light in weight, partially fold.
Mounted the model is an iron frame with clamps, on which a fabric-foam-rubber box-seat is mounted. Using it at home is possible and even seriously saves space, but it requires attachment to a solid countertop and is absolutely not suitable for active babies and children from an average of 9 months and older 1.5 to 2 years.
Booster chair It resembles a folding camp chair with metal legs and a seat made of fabric, but a child’s one and with a small table. Fastens to an ordinary chair, develops. There are plastic models in the form of a baby pot. It is suitable from 6 months to 2-3 years (depending on weight).
Road the look looks like a kangaroo bag with three point straps to the chair. It can be made of hard fabric. May have a plastic insert imitating a countertop. The age for use is from 6 months to 3 years.
It is easy to choose a highchair if you ponder and honestly answer several questions:
- age at which it is planned to use a chair (the child is confidently sitting or not);
- what will it be used for (only food intake, only games)
- where and how it will be stored (how much space can be allocated in the kitchen, in the room);
- whether the wheels are required or is it easier to move it yourself without harming yourself and flooring;
- it’s more convenient to wipe the entire device or wash the case.
After this, not a single online store is scary, and it will not be difficult to deal with the choice of a truly convenient and safe highchair.
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