Baby Trend Chatham Highchair- Navy

Comment: received this in july at a baby shower
tried to put together when baby was ready to eat solids in december
=wrong parts in box
called and asked for new ones
promised new ones
never received
called back in january
they said sorry past 6 months
you have to purchase them

Comment: We've had this chair (in a different pattern) for 2.5 years and two kids now. Its durability is its best feature. The cloth cover is soft for a baby, and small messes wipe clean fairly easily with a sponge. It even goes into the washer, and has held up well without too much fading. Just be sure to drip dry, not machine dry. Underneath, there's a handy vinyl pad which you can sit the baby on while waiting for the cloth cover to dry. However, the Velcro that holds it to the chair itself seems to have slid a bit, leaving sizeable areas of sticky glue exposed which attract crumbs (how the crumbs get all the way under there is beyond me, but they do).

When cleaning the straps, though, there's more of a problem. The shoulder/lap straps are very difficult to remove for cleaning, and the crotch strap is IMPOSSIBLE to remove, and that's the strap that gets the most soiled! The instructions offer no enlightenment on this, either. The shoulder/waist straps, once removed, do come perfectly clean in the washer; then hang to dry.

The tray-on-tray is nice, too, although a baby with messy fingers can manage to get food under the top tray and onto the main tray anyway, and care must be taken to clean food out of the seam on the main tray. One major problem with the tray is its height. The height of the tray in relation to the chair is not adjustable, and is too high for smaller babies just learning to eat solids. I like putting the bowl on the tray as I feed, and it's difficult for me sometimes to navigate around the tray to get to my baby's mouth, since her mouth aligns right where the tray is! It would also be nice if the tray could get just a little closer to baby to minimize mess.

The folding legs feature is quite convenient to keep floor space available when not in use. It's also been handy for us when eating out on our deck -- folding the legs allows us to roll the chair through the door and onto the deck with no trouble. The tray can store on notches on the back of the legs, too, for an added space saver.

The adjustable chair height feature is nice because as the child gets older, it allows you to push the chair into the table (sans tray) as if he/she were a "big person" like the rest of the family.

The only other thing is that I wish this chair had some sort of storage compartment for wipes, bibs, etc.

***UPDATE 12-31-08: Our younger daughter is now 2.5, and she still uses this chair, mostly without the tray, pushed into the table. However, the vinyl pad underneath the cloth pad has ripped at the seam, and she has begun to reach under and pull out bits of the foam inside it. This began after about 3.5 years and two daughters of use.

Comment: My daughter LOVED this high chair, she always fell asleep in this for her afternoon nap, IT was/Is a life saver! I am buying it for all of my friends and family when they have children. BEST BUY! It is very sturdy, comfy, and easy to clean, althought there are a lot of nooks where food can get stuck, with some warm water and soap, it cleans right up! My daughter LOVES her high chair, I highly recomend it!