portable highchair

[Bensmomma]

We are heading to Disney World January 2012 with our 11 month old son. I am concidering buying a portable highchair to use in the room, and at the restaraunts, as I can not stand the wooden ones with no tray, and I need something for him in the room. Does anyone have any experience with these, or any tips for meal times with my son in Disney...thanks

 

[scrapquitler]

We are heading to Disney World January 2012 with our 11 month old son. I am concidering buying a portable highchair to use in the room, and at the restaraunts, as I can not stand the wooden ones with no tray, and I need something for him in the room. Does anyone have any experience with these, or any tips for meal times with my son in Disney...thanks

Restaurants in the parks? I certainly wouldn't want to be carrying it around all day long just to use it during lunch and dinner.

 

[Bensmomma]

the ones i'm looking at hook onto the tables..they fold completely flat...not the booster seat kind.

 

[sbsteel]

I personally wouldn't go through the hassle of lugging around a high chair even if it does fold flat. Some of the restaurants have highchairs with trays that attach (we ate at Sci Fi last week and they had them there). When we stay the night, I just put our son in the stroller and he eats from his tray there (or when he wasn't self-feeding, we'd spoon feed him either in the stroller or with one of us holding him).

 

[SweetMissy]

I was going to suggest the one that hooks to the table. My brother had one for his kid and it worked great for restaurants or visiting others. I'll be getting one once my baby is old enough. Not sure about bringing it to disneyworld though....

 

[tms295psu]

I am a germphob... when we took our daughter @ 23 months... I packed sanitizing wipes and cleaned the public highchair. I would not want to carry a "chair". In the room... I 2nd the use the stroller idea!

 

[RooRach0906]

When our DD was 11 months we used the highchairs in the resturants most of the Disney resturants have the plastic kind still no tray but we got a TinyDiner (a plastic mat that sticks to the table with suction cups)http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2908461 and pulled the highchair up to the table and she ate off it. In the room I would suggest using the stroller.
Hope this helps you!

 

[Crystal824]

You have to carry so much stuff for little ones in the parks that I would hate to add one more thing to that list even if it does fold flat. We took DD when she was 9 months old. We just used the WDW highchairs and I took the plastic mats that stick to the table and pulled her up to the table to eat. It worked well. In the room, she stood in the pack n play (she could pull up then), sat in the stroller, or we held her to eat. We really didn't eat that much in the room though...just breakfast.

 

[peemagg]

You can rent highchairs from A Baby's Best Friend.

 

[tigger1972]

Okay, I'll be the one dissenter. DH and I are germaphobes and always carry our portable booster seat in the bottom of the stroller basket. It straps to any regular dining chair and we like that it has its own tray so DD does not touch the table at all.

We have a routine down now...I hold the baby while DH straps on the highchair and then wipes down the parts of the dining chair she can touch. Takes about one - two minutes, then I can put DD in the chair, click on the tray, and then we can relax for the rest of the meal knowing she is in a nice controlled spot.

We actually use this same chair at home, and just keep a second one in our trunk for restaurants, whether at home or in Disney.

This is the one we use. I like that it is all plastic and very easy to clean. I hope this link works: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-...2RWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323140988&sr=8-1

 

[maxiesmom]

I went and looked at the link, and I can't imagine toting that around WDW in addition to all of the other stuff you lug around with a little one. Not to mention I would worry about it being stolen when we were on rides or seeing an attraction.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Okay, I'll be the one dissenter. DH and I are germaphobes and always carry our portable booster seat in the bottom of the stroller basket. It straps to any regular dining chair and we like that it has its own tray so DD does not touch the table at all.

We have a routine down now...I hold the baby while DH straps on the highchair and then wipes down the parts of the dining chair she can touch. Takes about one - two minutes, then I can put DD in the chair, click on the tray, and then we can relax for the rest of the meal knowing she is in a nice controlled spot.

We actually use this same chair at home, and just keep a second one in our trunk for restaurants, whether at home or in Disney.

This is the one we use. I like that it is all plastic and very easy to clean. I hope this link works: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-...2RWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323140988&sr=8-1

Isn't that just awkward to tote on the buses?

 

[tigger1972]

I can't imagine toting that around WDW in addition to all of the other stuff you lug around with a little one. Not to mention I would worry about it being stolen when we were on rides or seeing an attraction.

I see where you're coming from. However the portable booster fits easily in our stroller basket, with plenty of room for our diaper bag, coats, ponchos, cameras, etc.

And we don't really worry about theft of the booster specifically since we usually have a bunch of other things piled on top of it in the stroller.

 

[dzorn]

I see where you're coming from. However the portable booster fits easily in our stroller basket, with plenty of room for our diaper bag, coats, ponchos, cameras, etc.

And we don't really worry about theft of the booster specifically since we usually have a bunch of other things piled on top of it in the stroller.

How in the world do you hold all that stuff to fold the stroller for the busses?

Denise in MI

 

[hannahdrewmom]

We use this:

http://www.amazon.com/Jeep-Travel-Anywhere-Booster-Everyday/dp/B002IVTUVE

Although it doesn't have a tray, it does open up in the middle like a diaperbag and we are able to keep all the diapers, wipes, cups, and good in there. It straps to the back of the stroller of fits underneath. To us it's just like a diaper bag (no bigger really) and it acts as a chair too. My son loves it, it's clean, and it's easy!

 

[tigger1972]

In answer to your question, we don't use the bus. We always either walk right into a park from BCV, BWV, etc. or, because we drive our car down to WDW, we drive to a park.

But, if we were to fly and then use a bus, I don't think it would be a problem. The straps that attach it to a chair also serve as a shoulder strap, and the seat back has a molded in "handle", so its very easy to carry either over a shoulder or by hand.

The booster when folded lays flat into the stroller basket with plenty of room to put a diaper bag and jackets on top of it. Usually, we hang the diaper bag over our stroller handle, and then there is lots and lots of room for jackets, purchases, etc still on top of the booster.

And if we have no ADR's, we don't bring it. We only use it for sit-down places since we just have DD eat in the stroller otherwise.

 

[mom2minniemouse]

We brought these: http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Disposable-Placemats-Reusable/dp/B000R7L80C (They usually sell them at Walmart, too.)

They just stick to the table with double sided tape-type stuff.

 

[nick2879]

Hi we're going in 2 days with our 10 month old and my wife is quite the germaphobe...this is what we normally use at restaurants at home:
http://www.amazon.com/Inglesina-201...FOXU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323704741&sr=8-1

But we feel it will be too bulky to lug around the parks and don't want it to get stolen because it will be expensive to replace....

so this is what i found as our alternative:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1FYZWDJAX0AHH7X95T11

we feel this might be easier to keep in my backpack and it keeps the highchairs clean...we also use the sesame street sticker table covers as the PP mentioned.

 

[amylevan]

I feel like I've been living under a rock. I had no idea that people bring their own high chairs into restaurants. My DS has lived to tell about it, though.

I get that I'm not a germaphobe, but really, why would you need (and/or want) to drag a high chair around with you in a park all day and then try and carry all that stuff on a bus? Buy some of the sticky plastic table covers (I've even seen Disney brands), attach it to the table and scoot the high chair up to the table. Baby eats off of table cover, all is well.

 

[Karenj2]

We have one of those chairs that attaches to the table; although I love mine, I do want to caution you on them... Please make sure that you check the weight restrictions on them, PLUS be extra cautious about attaching them to smaller pedestal tables. We used our chair once on a 4-top table with a round pedestal base, and as we were placing her in the chair (at not even one yet!) the whole table started to wobble and fall! Luckily no one was injured, but we stopped using the chair after that.

We just use the regular highchair and those table pads (although I did recently get a booster seat similar to the jeep one above that I like - I've only used it once at a restaurant.)