Wooden High Chair

I wish, I wish I could have been in the presence of a used wooden high chair at a consignment sale when I had an extra $100.  Alas, I did find a couple good ones, but never when I had the extra money. My grandmother wanted to buy Lily's high chair, because she bought my Jenny Lind high chair some thirty years ago.  But, they don't make the Jenny Lind anymore, and I wasn't having any luck locating a used one close to us.  So, we made a round to the shops, looked on Craigslist for months, and even looked at the chairs made by the Amish in Ohio, but nothing was floating my boat.  I wanted a wooden chair with a wooden tray in which Lily couldn't easily fall out of.

Jenny Lind high chair

I was stressed, because my grandma wanted to buy this chair STAT.  But, I knew if we just looked hard enough, we could find one in a consignment store again for cheap and may even UNFINISHED!  Alas, no such chair turned up again.  I kept going over and over the current wooden chair choices.  The Eddie Bauer has a plastic tray.  Boo.  Bad.  Very cute chair, though.  The Keekaroo wasn't it, because it didn't have a high back.  Could be safer, I thought.  I eventually settled on the Svan.  This especially when I looked at pictures of the Svan with a baby in it.  It looks pretty ugly until you put a baby in it.  Then, it's actually pretty great.  It is very safe.  A lot of the high chairs do not have belts, but this one comes with a full  harness, so she can't flip out.  Wooden tray, though finished.  We bought a silicone baking mat that we are going to cut to fit the tray.  Right now, we just set the mat on the tray.  And, it's completely adjustable.