Sam was pissed off that I bought the Stokke Tripp Trapp when there are some very good, inexpensive highchairs on the market (hello IKEA). I sold something to afford the Tripp Trapp, at a time when that money could have been used elsewhere. Reasons I thought I needed a Tripp Trapp: It looked mega easy to clean. It’s tiny for a highchair, takes up the same amount of space as a normal chair, and can be tucked under the table when the baby set is not in use. It can be used for much longer than a standard highchair. It adapts for an older child, a desk chair, and even works as an adult seat. It comes in a good range of colours. All my friends were getting one. I envisioned all of my (future) children sitting at the table with their own Tripp Trapps in a funky array of colours that perfectly contrasts with our neutral dining room colour scheme. Y’know, because that’s important. Part of the reason it’s taken me so long to review the Tripp Trapp is because it’s a bit of a sore subject with the other half to admit that a highchair that costs ten times less would have been just as good a purchase.

Perhaps a better purchase even, as for the first six months a highchair tray would have been really handy, and I couldn’t afford £50 (£50!) for the tray that fits the Tripp Trapp. We have since bought the IKEA Antilop chair for my mum’s house, and I can confirm that this highchair takes up about the same amount of space as the Tripp Trapp, is just as easy to clean, has a tray, and is a fraction of the price. He sits well in it and he can’t slump down too far. Seriously, you do not need to look any further than this highchair unless a super-quick folding chair is of great importance to you.ikea office chairs london Plus points for the Tripp Trapp:chair and ottoman set for nursery It aids good posture better than any other highchair Arlo has tried in the past 12 months of eating in pubs, restaurants and at friends’ houses. office chair chrome leather

Try as he might, there is no chance that he can slump in that chair. For that reason, I am so glad that it’s the chair he uses every day. (If you are desperate to try out the Tripp Trapp in an eating scenario, I believe that TGI Friday use Tripp Trapps as their restaurant highchairs.) Now that we are into the toddler years, I can better see the potential longevity of the Tripp Trapp over typical highchairs that are redundant once the child reaches two or three years old. We have little space to store the various chairs a child might use during the first eight years of life, so I’m very glad that this one chair will serve as highchair, children’s dining chair, and desk chair.buy ant chair If money was no object (which it obviously is, so I have no idea why I’m making this statement), I would go for the Tripp Trapp over the IKEA highchair for those two reasons alone.wooden chairs for veranda

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