Able to be used from as little as a few months old, high chairs not only making feeding easier due to the inclusion of features such as harnesses and tray tables, they also help to encourage communication skills as children interact with you at eye level. A beautiful, intelligently designed chair with lots of thoughtful details, the Oribel Cocoon missed out on our transitional award as it’s still only suitable up to age three. Highchairs need cleaning a lot - and sometimes a cloth and antibacterial spray isn’t enough for those hard, dried-on bits which you can spend hours scrubbing.

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The Tutti Bambini Nova Highchair Complete is designed to grow with your child from birth to 12 years. These tend to be standalone highchairs (intended to be used by themselves using a plastic tray, instead of being pulled up to a table), short on adjustability features and elaborate design – favouring instead a functional simplicity that often, incidentally, means they’re much easier to clean. Giving us major retro vibes both in shape and the PVC orange-print, the Cosatto 3Sixti Highchair gets top points for it’s funky style and practical swivel features.

The three height positions mean this booster can be used comfortably as your child grows, eliminating the need to constantly repurchase as they get bigger. Whether you’re looking for a high chair, low chair, booster seat, toddler chair, rocking chair, kids chair or mini table with chair for playtime, Nova offers you a clever all in one system. Practical and affordable, the Antilop is a fantastic traditional-style high chair for those on a budget.For that reason we use a single tester, who judges one product against another in their own kitchen. It’s helpful when travel chairs collapse to a portable size and many come with their own carry cases or shoulder straps to help with this. Due to its design and multiple modes, the highchair does not have a quick folding function like many others on the market for quick storing and access.

You can take it apart and make it into an easy-to-carry bundle, but this is not suitable if you need to fold it away after every meal. Assesses the range of features available on each high chair including: adjustable and removable tray with removable insert; seat height and recline adjustment; adjustable footrest; removable, machine-washable and padded covers, converting to a childs chair and folding for storage. You can choose from four colourways to suit your tastes and we love how functional it is, with a dishwasher-safe tray and easy-to-clean plastic seat so post meal clean-ups are nice and quick. Attached to your dining room chair with two robust straps, the Chicco Pocket Snack folds down to handbag size and even has a shoulder strap for easy transportation.It's becoming more common to find highchairs that can be used from, however like with the Nova, most need an additional purchase to make use of this function. The only drawback we could find was that the legs don't fold, so it takes up a large amount of floorspace. Compact, lightweight, practical and finished in white and oak, the award-winning Nova high chair offers useful multi functionality. We absolutely love this product as it allows our baby to sit with us at the perfect height and join in our family meals.