So 18mo doesn't want to go in highchair. Does it matter? What can I do?

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Not sure if this is the right topic but anyway...
Ds 18 mo has recently decided that he doesn't want to sit in his highchair so is currently having breakfast on the sofa (very early) and lunch and tea alternating between standing on a small wooded chair at the table and running about.
I have kind of decided that this is ok really as I would rather he eats than not and he's not really at an age where he would care about social niceities (SP) but is this really bad and wwyd?
TIA

wooden chair!

think DS started refusing high chair at about this age
we have adjustable stools at kitchen table so was OK
but he is on;y just getting better, was dreadful at eating & genersally sitting in the table

Get a little toddler table and chair(s) - my DS has had all meals at his since 18 months, and it leads to lot less mess somehow - think he feels free to come and go so he eats more too, and they can play/draw at it when not eating

How about getting a booster seat which goes onto a normal chair and pushes up to the table?

Other than that, if it's not a problem for you,it's fine really, though possibly not great for him to be wanering around. Can you get him to ask to leave the table, and then say "Only if you are finished" and make it clear you will take his dinner away if he is finished and wants to get down.

Thanks for suggestions - will go look on ebay or booster seats!
We did have a little table and chair which is where the little wooden chair origionally came from but the table has mysteriously disappeared since we moved house
Have tried to tell him that he won't get any more if I take his dinner away but he isn't at all concerned. If he gets down he will want to sit on my knee and stick his face/ elbows etc in my dinner ha ha. Hmm. I think booster seat/ adjustable seat could be the way to go.
I am just trying to show him that it doesn't concern me (although it does!) and hope that he will join us in time.
SPB glad things are improving