Food, throwing, spilling and getting up from the table while still eating,

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Originally Posted by torontokids

Has anyone ever used a booster seat with a children's chair (little wood Ikea ones?) I have 2 highchairs for the babies however everyone else sits at the kids table. My 18 mos old needs to graduate to the kids table next week as I have another baby starting (I really don't want a 3rd highchair taking up space). She is fine sitting at the table but strapping her in would be a good option if she is having a hard day. I just worry the chair would not be substantial enough for a booster and it would become top heavy and fall over.

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I didn't realize you we're using a kiddie table ... I have a full size kitchen table and chairs in my daycare and so I have three boosters strapped to chairs and three high chairs and then two regular chairs for my older two when they come into the daycare to eat. At a kiddie table the kids are too close together and so ya they will get into each others space ..... I have two high chairs side by side and if I don't move one away from the other at mealtimes one kid will reach his hand out to the other cause he knows she will let out this blood curdling scream of " no mine mine mine" and then he laughs .... And there's no way he can touch her but she doesn't care .... So I have to put a good space between them .... I couldn't imagine sitting then at a kiddie table and actually get some eating done !!!! Is there no way they can sit at a regular table where they can be strapped in and have their own space ??

The kiddie table works really well for us actually. My 3 yo does the touching and bugging sometimes during lunch but she is sent from the table and this works.

I wouldn't want to add a larger table, it will just take up more room and I am trying to get away from that! My 18 mos old sits well at the kiddie table and can get up and down easily. She is tall and so this helps. I think I'll try the harness if it becomes a problem. She is very food centered so she maybe too focused on her lunch to try anything.