To anyone considering buying one of those Tommee Tippee stick-the-plate-to-the-table things...

[TheBlairAitchProject]

....don't bother.
I've just wasted a fiver on it (took dd thirty seconds once my back was turned to frisbee her spag bol onto the curtains) and when i bitterly mentioned this on my blog i had five or six people comment that their children had easily defeated them as well. (one woman enjoys booby-trapping her husband's plate with it, but her child can tackle it no problem).

so there you go, i just saved you a fiver. grrrrrrrrrrrr

aaah too late! mine's being delivered tomorrow!

put this in product reviews

Can you link me your blog again please.

oooh, vvvqv, i'd completely forgotten about product reviews. that's how i found mumsnet in the first place, when i was looking for a buggy. how my priorities have changed, it's just lipstick, celebrity gossip and hem lengths that i care about now.

the blog is here , peregrine, hope to see you around there.

and notsogummy... bugger. someone has suggested using it as a coaster for particularly clumsy or inebriated houseguests. seriously, if you can send it back, do so, they are a big fat waste o' cash.

Bugger. Bought one yesterday. Ds is a bit thick tho so hopefully it'll last a day or two!!!

LOL at 'ds is a bit thick'.
i am fascinated to find out how long it takes him to conquer the stupid thing. do report back. (we'll no doubt hear from you tomorrow...)

Poor child does smile winningly at strangers though. Mind you ,it's cute now, might be dangerous when he goes to school!!! By the way Blair have been reading your baby led weaning site this week and it's been great! Ds has been sucking mango and cucumber like a good un this afternoon

they are pretty rubbish but does help if u slightly dampen both parts eg with a baby wipe lasts a lil longer

I'm contemplating getting FunkyDude the set with the suckers on plate and spoon (comes with a spring type thing)Here do you think its the same thing?

That gadget looks so cool. can you get them for adults??? Might look odd in a restaurant. DS has his dinner trouserless coz he makes so much mess - might be embarrassing when he takes his first girlfriend out for a meal in the future!

If nothing else it will make life easier for you not having to pick up the spoon all the time, which is FunkyDude's latest craze...lets see how far I can throw it before it lands..he is aiming at the lounge!

I bought one. I had to find a way of sticking to the table, but once stuck most plates and bowls 9not all will stck to it) are on she can't throw them off. It isn't perfect but it has stopped her smashing the plastic on the floor and tipping her dinner down there too within seconds of it arriving. I've just bought one for a friend.

I have both the tommee tippee thing and the one that M2FD links to. The TT one won't stay on her high chair table, but if we pull her up to the main table instead then she very rarely manages to get it off, and she's VERY strong. The other one is completely rubbish, as it won't stick to anything for more than a couple of minutes.

all is not lost, notsogummyanymaaargh, you can bring it out when I come round.

• quote "clumsy or inebriated houseguests"

I think I can quite happily tick both those boxes

mum2funkydude, your one looks to have a much bigger sucker (although i am a pretty big sucker for having bought the TT one).
the problem with the TT one is that the bottom bit sticks to the highchair tray just fine and if i wet the sucker thing the plate or bowl is stuck absolutely fast to it. fine, or so you'd think.
however, there are two parts to the sucker, it's got a tab that adults are supposed to pull to break the suction and release the plate, and having discovered it, my 10 month-old dd sees no reason why she shouldn't do the same...

DS still no better with removing plate from Tommee Tippee thing but has managed to detach his plastic rock-a-stacker from the sucker with a resounding TWANG and a smack in the face as his reward! Ah!

my sticky plate and cutlery as just arived and is now being put to use as we type! it's not a tt one tho, it's a "stay put" one which also has an adult release thingy on the suction bit. We'll see how long it takes him...

Betty - Ha ha, i think i'm the inebriated and clumsy one! or is that in-articulate? Hmmm...

Found another uselss sticky thing!

Ikea do a sticky frog plate with a sucker on the bottom as part of a very cute set i thought id try....DD can slide it all around the highchair and once it hits the raised edge of the tray, pop, its off, food on floor, head in hands in despair...

Yup, we've got a sticky plate thing too - and it won't even fit on our high chair tray because it is so huge! It's being sent to the charity shop where it may at last do something good for humankind.

RowB - I've got one of those. Crap aren't they!

thanks - mum bought one for me...a pink one for my lovely pink DD to match her pink bowl, cutlery and beaker....

and i thought i was being so thick..as it does not work!!

we should send them back and get a mass refund !

we really should, lulumama. although as yet we don't know how the 'stay-put' one is doing... notsogummyaargh? any developments? will it 'stay put' or 'bugger orf'?

it buggered off ha ha! and the stretchy spoon and fork are too tightly coiled. It's like torture for the poor litle fella! So much food but can't get at it.

so did it come unstuck as well? can't you pull the cable to make it looser? you're our last hope...

ds never even slowed down when it came to chucking those suckered things on the floor.

He is freakishly strong though