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Have 5 month old baby and desperately trying to find highchair - were hoping somene might offer hand-me-down but no luck. But planning more (babies not highchairs) so don't want to get it wrong and then have to re-buy! All-singing all-dancing ones seem to be Ј100+ - are they really necessary? Any recommendatrion?
Thanks so much for all the tips which have been a big help on a tight budget

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• Hi Fee2
  I got one fron Ikea for about Ј15 and one from John Lewis for about Ј25.
  The Ikea one is fantastic. Plastic so it is easy to clean, and my little boy love sitting in it. Only downside is that it doesn't have the 5 point harness but I have never found this to be a problem.
  My John Lewis one is a travel one and good also. But is harder to keep clean. if you do shop at John Lewis you'll find extra money off vouchers at the following link
  https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi...num=1079549085
  it expires on 30/06 and is for first time customers. go through r points and you'll get points as well. (if your not a member you can click on the link at the bottom of this message for me toi be your referer)
  https://www.ikea.co.uk/webapp/wcs/sto...roductId=14139
  Link for the highchair at ikea above, need to buy strap and tray separtely.
  https://www.johnlewis.com/stores/prod...;sku=230172579
  Link for John Lewis one
  HTH
• I highly highly recommend the M&P Prima Pappa.
  Granted they cost Ј100+ but you can pick up a 2nd hand one on ebay for half that especially if you find one you can collect instead of paying for p&p or look in the local paper.
  We didn't buy one 1st time round and opted for a cheaper one which my daughter started using when she could sit up and then didn't stay in it for long as she didn't like the feeling of being hemmed in. In contrast our friends had the M&P one, used it from weaning and are still using it at 2 1/2 years!
  So with baby no2 on the way we've sold the rubbish one and have already got the M&P (from ebay). Daughter 1 is using it without the table to sit in front of the telly as a chair and won't be happy to give it up when the baby needs it!
  So it is multi-functional and it'll last all your future children.
• If you look in you local Ad Trade there is a lot of baby items for sale in here including highchairs.
  I got a travel highchair second hand from an independant baby shop for Ј10. My usual highchair is a fold flat chair from mothercare which at the time cost Ј40 I think they are around Ј60 now. !It is fantastic and easy to store and clean. It fits into the back of the car easily. The main reason I have travel ones is so I can leave them at my mothers or if we are taking a large amount of stuff away with us. for weekends or overnight trips etc the fold flat highchairs are fine.
• We got a big singing dancing highchair for our eldest which served it's purpose when number 2 arrived and got a bit older they were sat too far apart at meal times and it wasn't at all suitable so we bought a booster seat chair which fits onto an existing chair for Ј14.99 from safeway, it was great, I would recommend covering the chair if it is fabric though, we could fold it up and take it out with us, we took it to restaurants and on holiday, they are from age 6 months, also the chair still fitted under the table so it wasn't taking up lots of space like the big highchair did.
  Safety 1st 3 Level Booster with Tray
  https://www.babycare-direct.co.uk/high_chairs_-_3.html
  I would never have bothered with the bigger highchair if I'd have known how good the booster seat.
  mini
• ;D
  Thanks so much for the advice. We went to Babies are Us and the Mamas and Papas Prima Pappa was reduced to Ј90. however there was a Babies r us own brand (Bruin) highchair with all the same features for Ј70. The Babies R Us catalogue had a Ј10 discount vouvher for highchairs over Ј70 and also a Ј5 off a y spend over Ј30 voucher...but each said could only be used on own, not in conjunction with any other offer etc. however girl on till put both through so got for Ј55 and was delighted with that. So anyone going there its worth chancing your arm. Thanks again
  Fee
• we too have the ikea one, bought 5 years ago and still going strong, the harness with it was naff so put a normal one on and its brill!!!!!
• BOUGHT MAMAS AND PAPAS PRIMA PAPPA FROM BOOTS AND HAD ABOUT Ј20 BACK IN POINTS...IT COST Ј130 BUT IT IS FANTASTIC...USE IT ALL TYHE TIME
• im in peterborough and got all my baby things from kiddicare they now have a website ... they brill and cheap and now have a huge store and warehouse so if you ever near peterborough pop in they brill on advice... www.kiddicare.com they have free delivery on internet orders as well