Next chair after Tripp trapp

[Tianp]

We have 2 wonderful stoke tripp trapp chairs for our 4 and 8 year olds, very stable and easy to clean. Now expecting another baby and would be a stretch to afford another Tripp trapp chair. Our 8 year old doesn’t mind the baby having her chair and we don’t mind spending up to £100 on the new chair. Just wondering what chair did your child progress to after their Tripp trapp?

4 and 8 year olds can just sit on a chair

Can you get one second hand from Facebook marketplace? I got mine for £80 in immaculate condition, it's worth keeping an eye out for neat people selling theirs.

Otherwise I would probably just use the regular dining chair for the 8 year old, are they big enough?

A normal chair. Is there some issues with your existing chairs or table? Is it unusually high? I think IKEA do a higher junior chair.

Just a normal dining chair at 8 years. Use your £100 to buy the newborn baby seat for the Tripp trapp instead

At that age just a normal chair with a booster cushion if needed?

Ha, I’m aware of that as we have older children who didn’t have Tripp Trapp chairs and when we have smaller guests they give up their chairs for them and sit on the normal chairs. However as said in post, find them very stable, due to anti tipping mechanism (which have prevented accidents experienced by older children on normal chairs) and very easy to clean. (They both still look like new after a good wipe down) Plus put kids at the perfect height for the table, if money was no object or 8 year old was younger would definitely buy another one. Definitely wouldn’t want to swap 4 year old out of chair yet

Why do they still need them at all?

My 13 month old uses a normal chair

We are planning to buy one of those :) didn’t have one previously, are they worth it?

8 year old surely can use a regular chair. Stick a cushion on it if they are short.

@Tianp - no idea. We only have 1 Ds and I didnt know it existed until I was looking for high chairs when he was already 5 months, so we missed the boat.

But people I know with other children say it’s great as a way of baby not accidentally being tripped over or trod on by older children. plus we used to move baby bouncer in and out kitchen when I was prepping food and eating, but it would be much easier to have something there permanently as a baby drop zone so to speak. They whole package is expensive though, but If you already have the chair and just need the newborn part it makes sense

Normal dining room chair for us. DD was a bit longer in the Tripp Trapp as our old chairs had a weird slope to the back and she just wasn't tall enough to deal with them.

I know what you mean about the tripping bit but in the end your child needs to learn to sit in normal chairs so why not bite the bullet now.

A normal chair?
We never had Tripp Trapp chairs or anything of the sort. I think we had a booster thing for a while but an eight year old doesn't need anything special.

Years ago used to have the plastic seat you clipped onto a normal chair for toddler but have been so glad for out Tripp trapps this time round for lots of reasons! I really didn’t understand why they were so popular and probably would of said same as you 10 years ago, we hadn’t been planning to buy one but were gifted our first one and now think they’re brilliant for all ages

Your 8 yo must be able to sit on a normal chair

Yes not so worried about the accident issue with the 8 year old as quite sensible now but they’re just easy to clean, right height etc. Was more thinking if there was an in between chair but considering just biting the bullet and buying another Tripp trapp unless can find a 2nd hand one

If you are only expecting another baby, then surely 8 year old will be almost 9 by the time the baby needs a highchair.
he or she must sit , or normal chairs at school, and in restaurants, et cetera. You definitely don't need another chair

I just bunged my kids on a dining chair with a couple of cushions 🤷‍♂️

Yes, just a normal chair certainly for the 8 year old. We had 2 Tripp traps but the kids didn’t find them as comfy as normal chairs so at some point we just switched over. That’s why there’s no “inbetween” - Tripp trapps are supposed to be that inbetween. They advertise them as baby through to fully grown human, since they’re adjustable.

And at some point the 8 year old needs to start being careful enough that “easy to clean” is no more an issue for their chair than it is for yours. That’s the next step really.

Surely an 8 year old just sits on a normal chair? By the time you have the baby and it is ready for a chair surely the 8 year old will be at least 9 if not close to 10?
I dont get the easy to clean thing past toddler stage to be honest. How much mess does your 8 year old make eating a meal?

No we take it with us everywhere, a bit of slog dragging it to school each day too 🤦🏻‍♀️

My 13yr old won't give his up... 16yr old uses one anytime we have extra people at dinner! All my kids say they're ridiculously comfortable- DH & older teen will use one happily but the kids usually won't let them.

(& yes they can all use "proper" chairs just fine)

so I would say look out for second hand.

Thank you, yes the reviews on them look really good, people saying their baby’s really enjoy being up at the table, plus not having to lug the baby bouncer from lounge to kitchen be good. We’ve already got the baby highchair conversion set so would be only thing we’d have to buy once found replacement for 8 year old’s chair :)

Gifted x2 Tripp Trapp (friend with twins), one at grandparents. I bought a second hand baby fitting and would recommend. It was useful having a safe space to put the baby down when preparing a bottle / making tea / cooking etc at a height where I could still interact them. I had a Caesarean and was grateful not to have to bend down to the floor to pick her up very frequently for the first few weeks.

Thank you for understanding!! Looking out for a 2nd hand one sounds like our best bet then 👌 at least have got a few months to keep an eye out.
(Is frustrating when asking for simple advice and experience and just get people piping up how their kids just sit in the stairs or similar, wouldn’t be quite so annoying/amusing if didn’t already have over 20 years parenting experience, 7 kids and survived in the past with so much as a dining table so am well aware kids can just sit in normal chairs 🤣 too old and busy now to apologise for just wanting a easier life if possible 😌) and our younger kids haven’t lost developing any special chair sitting or anti mess skills (compared with our older kids) just by escaping nasty chair related accidents as toddlers, or creating less cleaning for me 😂)