While we could rate how long it took to wipe down a chair in our Lab, we also leaned on user reviews for this. It also weighs less than 8 pounds, so if you want to throw it in the trunk on a road trip, it can easily come along. Kids can topple the chair and injure themselves during playtime if they push or climb the high chair. When space is at a premium, you can strap this right onto a kitchen chair and not lose any floor space. Others would rather wait until baby foods are introduced, then get a chair with an easy-to-clean tray that helps them serve homemade purees or begin baby-led weaning.

If you use a hook-on chair for travel, always make sure the table is heavy and stable enough to support your baby without tipping. It was designed with Montessori principles in mind; your baby can join the rest of the family at the table and learn to eat food off of that surface. Finally, we gave points to chairs that convert for use from infancy through the preschool years or even beyond. The first time you put your child in a high chair without straps, be sure to monitor them for a little while. In toddlerhood, the seat and the base can separate, so the seat can become a booster that sits on top of a regular dining chair.For cleaning, the tray easily fits into your dishwasher, and the cushion can be thrown in the laundry on cold.

It's a simple, charming baby high chair that's essentially a plastic bucket seat on four wooden legs. The tray-within-a-tray feature means the top tray can go in the dishwasher and you still have the bottom tray if needed.

Choose an age-appropriate high chair with safety features like a wide base and a five-point harness. and recline: Not all high chairs have adjustable heights or a recline feature, but we gave points to chairs that did. Now, all chairs are required to have a passive crotch restraint and a three-point restraint system that goes around a child's waist. When needed — once a day or once every few days — wipe down the legs, straps and the hard plastic seat.