Next chair after Tripp trapp

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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?

My 7 year old still uses hers! I think they are very stable and the right height so I totally understand looking for an alternative other than a normal chair. Following with interest.

Thank you ☺️ will try and remember to update if we manage to come up with an alternative

By 8 though they really should be able to sit properly on a dining chair without tipping it over or making a mess? Special toddler chairs aren't really a consideration at this age.

I don't get the 'just use a normal chair' posts. As a nanny it's annoying when parents get rid of high chairs too early and children have to stretch/reach for food and just make more of a mess. Of course you could use a cushion, but if you can afford it why not get a chair that appropriately supports a child's height without them having to wobble around?

Thank you, brill. We’re hoping not to have to buy too much and reuse as much as we can but definitely being sold on the idea of investing in one of these baby seats 😊

What kind of special chair is developed for 8-10 year olds?

Anyway OP I echo others who say try to find second hand or perhaps get an alternative: www.whirlybobble.com/2019/08/strokke-tripp-trapp-alternatives-high.html?m=1

You’d be completely bonkers to get another Tripp Trapp chair for an 8-year-old.
Our nearly 10-year-old still uses hers but there’s no way I’d replace it if it disappeared.

…the TrippTrpapp.

Also this was addressed to PPs who were saying their 4yo/6yo/13mo just sat on normal chairs. How is a 13 month old sitting on a normal chair?

I have a hauck alpha which is £70 and basically a trip trap. I have just invested in swanky new dining chairs and i dont even really want DH sitting in them 🤣 i think those chairs are comfy as their legs aren't dangling

No one is buying a tripp trapp for an 8, 9, 10 year old because they're too young to be out of a high chair and can't sit properly.

Thank you, was lucky enough for my first 2 children to never have any bad accidents with chairs but one of my children had a really nasty accident falling back on a normal chair with booster seat as a toddler. Also the the hassle of cleaning, folding and storing the traditional fold up high chairs (always at risk of falling on someone/something if no cupboard to put it in or space to leave up) The clutter and cleaning of boosters too plus the waste these items end up creating. Of course at the time I just got on with it without a 2nd thought, we’d heard of Tripp trapps but wouldn’t have considered spending that much money on just a chair ourselves. Total convert since being gifted one. It is probably one of my favourite baby/child items in over 20 years of parenting. Only regret is not having bought the highchair conversion set for our 8 year old as was a little older when gifted our first one, she was just about old enough to sit steadily most of the time in just the chair and conversion set is expensive but still months of having to constantly worry about her slipping (and a few luckily minor slips!) glad to have bit the bullet with our next one and just invested in it all. The conversion set fits in a bag too so doesn’t take up much space stowed away and then ready made fab super easy to convert and clean highchair whenever we get any little visitors (which appreciate when cooking/cleaning up after large meal and house full of visitors and own family running around trying to look after) The chairs make great little readily available step ladders for me too whenever need to reach up for anything high in the kitchen 😄

I recently bought the ikea Ingolf and am happy with it, I started a thread asking about Ingolf or agam, and people said their kids used them into their teens. Very sturdy and take adult weight.

It’s good to get seats where their feet have firm support for eating and writing, well worth it I think through the homework years.

If you're after a second hand Tripp Trapp OP, I've got one you can buy?! (I'm in Essex though )

It's a Blue one so not as sought after as the wood or white ones!

One a different note, we had the Tripp Trapp newborn set when our son was a baby and found it worked really well so we could eat our dinner with him secure in it up at the table.

We bought it second hand and sold it when we'd finished with it. So you might be able to get one to use off FB Marketplace or EBay etc.

Thank you, will have a look 😊

Dts still use the trip traps at 13, I use them when I WFH

8 years old in affectively a high chair? they might be easy to clean but they won't be as easy to clean as a flat, hard surface, such as a table?

Christ don't let 8 year old have anyone round for dinner they'd get the piss taken out of them at school.

My 3 year old sits up at the table just fine and cleaning the table is easier than her previous TT chair.

We're talking about an 8 year old..

Thank you, will definitely get saving for the newborn chair, looking forward to trying it!!
We’re quite a way from Essex but do come through that way occasionally so will keep in mind to PM you if in the next few months!

It’s not a high chair, Tripp trapps are designed to grow with the child until adulthood, don’t worry she’s had plenty of friend’s around for dinner, play dates , birthday party’s etc and none of them has ever said a thing. Before we had one and saw them at other people’s houses, knew they were multifunctional and it never crossed my mind or my older children’s that they were ‘babyish’
Can only be grateful don’t mix in your social circles 😵‍💫 sounds stressful to have to worry about people being so judgey

Is why started thread, they are expensive and would appreciate the money for other things so looking for ideas of what people used after, apart from just their normal dining chair’s obviously 😁

Tripp Trapps are designed to still be of value for older children, personally find ours is

I’d just use a normal dining chair. Why wouldn’t you?

Would if no alternative but like the fact her current Tripp Trapp is stable and easy to clean and adjusts to perfect height at the table for her

Nobody is saying you have to buy your 8 year old a specific chair, it didn’t cross my mind to use anything but the normal dining chairs when my older children were 8, however enjoying the current benefits of our Tripp Trapp I would like to have something with the similar advantages this offers