Bringing baby out to dinner can be a challenge if there's no highchair available. Friends don't particularly appreciate you screwing your portable highchair onto their nice wood dining table, and it's an incredible hassle to lug your highchair over to others' houses. Going to restaurants is often no better—highchairs are rickety, dirty, and lacking in straps.
So we were delighted to happen upon Little Beetle's invention.
Machine washable, small, and lightweight enough to be wadded up and stuffed in a diaper bag, we can't imagine traveling without one anymore. Obviously, the child using the chair has to be able to sit upright by themselves (usually around 6 months and older). But the upper weight limit is 35 pounds, so it should last for a while.
Even including shipping and handling (the company's based in Australia), the total cost is a reasonable US$43.
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Wow... that is truly remarkable! I really am interested in getting one of those.
That is fantastic, I want one! BUT... I'm sure that the phone book we'll have to pack in the diaper bag so our son can see above the tabletop will be much heavier. Am I asking too much to want something that boosts him up as well as restraining him? I care as much about him pulling over his whole plate, or finding the last customer's gum under the tabletop, as about putting him in a grimy restaurant high chair.
Great idea! I bet you could put your child in a booster seat and then strap them in. That would get them up higher.
Hmmm... I like this idea. Less bulk than what parents typically think they need.