We bought the Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat sometime before my oldest daughter turned 1. I know this because I have a picture of her sitting in it, scooping a handful of German chocolate cake into her mouth on her first birthday.
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Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat
This versatile, inexpensive seat buckles to an adult chair, can work with or without a tray, and folds up for the road. But it’s tougher to clean and less comfy than our pick.
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There’s also a photo of my second daughter on her first birthday, sitting in the same seat, crowing over a cupcake and candle. And there’s yet another photo of my son, when he turned 1, eating/smashing a slice of chocolate cake.
The Fisher-Price high chair has been a fixture at pretty much every table where my kids have eaten.
Unlike a full-size high chair, the Fisher-Price booster seat probably won’t become an heirloom. It won’t be featured in a MoMa exhibition. Nor will it complement your home’s decor. This seat stands out because of how unremarkable it is.
The molded plastic seat straps onto any regular-size dining chair—you’ll just want to make sure it’s a stable and sturdy one. You buckle the baby in with a three-point safety harness, and then snap the tray on top. I’ve found it easier to get a wriggly baby into the Fisher-Price seat than into high chairs without removable trays.
Because the Fisher-Price’s tray is smaller than that of a full-size high chair, you can bring your baby right up to the table. This has made me feel like my babies are more fully part of the chatter, the passing of food, the spilling of drinks, and the general antics that accompany any meal in my house. And when your kid no longer needs a tray, the seat functions as a booster seat.
The Fisher-Price high chair was designed to be portable, and for me, this may be its most uniquely valuable feature. The back of the seat folds down and snaps together with the tray into a compact package, with the straps serving as a carrying handle. We’ve brought the Fisher-Price on trips, to the homes of friends and relatives, and to restaurants. (If you’re like me, you’ll love never again having to rely on one of the ubiquitous, tippy wooden high chairs found in restaurants.) If you don’t want or need a high chair around all the time, you can stash it away.
In about a month, my fourth kid will turn 1. I’m looking forward to taking the obligatory photo of him scarfing down some birthday cake while sitting in the Fisher-Price high chair—and then sticking the whole thing in the dishwasher.
The Link LonkApril 14, 2021 at 03:56AM
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