I am looking for recommendations for the best high chair!

I have heard a lot about so many, that I am so confused!!

Thanks ladies tongue

Simple and easy to clean. Those fancy ones that recline with soft padded covers can be a nightmare as food gets in the crevices.

Yip simple ones are best! We have a wooden one which is awesome ... no straps to contend with smile
Mums got a Phil and Ted clip on one at her place and they are perfect to if you have a sturdy table.

best way to buy anything like prams high chairs is to take baby with you and try them all out for ease of use bulkiness i have a peg perio i think thats the name i love it

Simple and easy to clean. Those fancy ones that recline with soft padded covers can be a nightmare as food gets in the crevices.

What she said!!! Ikea plastic ones are great. I bought a big padded babyco one and it is big, annoying and hard to clean. Plastic ones are the best u can just wipe them down!

Simple and easy to clean. Those fancy ones that recline with soft padded covers can be a nightmare as food gets in the crevices.

Fully agree!

We have a padded one and it is such a pain to clean. I end up taking it outside once a week to hose it down and scrub it, but in summer it takes all day to dry and in winter it takes forever.

The constant wiping/scrubbing/etc has ripped up all the padding after what must be almost two years of use (but we're out of the house a lot so it hasn't had really heavy use). If I ever planned to have any more children, I'd end up having to buy another highchair rather than passing this one down. As it is, DD is now just about grown out of it and it is so skanky that I wouldn't even give it away to charity - it's only fit for throwing out.

I totally agree with the above comments. With DS1, the high chair wasn't a fancy one but it did have the plastic (or vinyl ??) padding. It was horrid and annoying to clean! Think of cleaning off weet- bix, porridge or spag bol! I hated the crevices. I look in baby shops and am horrified at how fancy some of these high chairs are. Some of them you wouldn't even want a crumb on them in case they got stained. I don't understand why anyone would want to use them.

Anyway, I'm going to buy an easy to clean Ikea high chair this time around.

Simple and easy to clean. Those fancy ones that recline with soft padded covers can be a nightmare as food gets in the crevices.

Yep, me too - 100% agree! I had a hand-me-down fancy-shmancy thing that was a NIGHTMARE to clean as it had so much padding and nooks and crannies where all the food would get stuck. It would take me ages to clean each day so I went and bought a cheapo from Target and it's fabulous - just a wipe down after each meal and it's all good. I think it cost $60 but i've seen them for $40 on special (after I bought one of course!).

However, I'm not sure how good the Target one would have been for when DD was first using it and still pretty little as it doesn't have really high sides so more for toddlers. The hand-me-down I had was good for when she was really little as it had all these different adjustments - tilt back, height adjustment etc.

Ikea antilop is awesome! And pretty cheap. The childcare brand plastic one from target is very similar.