It’s been a few days since that monstrous box arrived with Mackenzie’s new high chair in it. Compared to everything else on the market right now, we think we got a great deal. We paid 60 euros for this one at Tchibo and it compares to other chairs starting at 100 euros.
The high chair pieces sat lurking near the kitchen, just begging to be assembled – and I finally made the time for it today. It was as hot as an oven in the kitchen but I powered through. I actually expected it to be a little more complicated but any professional IKEA furniture assembler like myself could never be stumped by a chair like this.
Right after I finished putting it together, I strapped Mack in for a test drive. It’s a perfect fit, don’t you think? The cushion is velcroed on so it’s completely washable – which is a very good thing since we’ve already gotten it dirty.
We started off with a course of pureed nectarines and strawberries. Since it’s been really warm, I think the cold, fresh fruit was very refreshing. She seemed to be enjoying it even if it didn’t always stay in her mouth.
Since that didn’t seem to be enough, I brought out a course of frozen fruit and let Mack get her hands dirty. Once she’d been chewing on it a bit, the pieces would break off and we thought she was definitely going to get brain freeze, but apparently she’s mastered eating sorbet already.
Clearly we’re going to need a lot more tiny Mack-sized popsicles to get through this summer. It’s shaping up to be an incredibly hot one. We even had to surrender one of our fans to Mack tonight because it’s just that hot. Almost 90F in the house is just not going to cut it.
Love IKEA and their style!! Great high chair.
She is so cute. I love her big eyes. Thats a really nice high chair. I like how you can take the cushion off and wash it. Ive never seen one like it before.
@Janet – We have the house that IKEA built. It’s crazy. It’s strange that the modern stuff would work in our 100+ year old house, but it just does. And it’s the only place here in Germany with furniture that is affordable and our style. Most of the stuff here is just strange!
@Janell – Thanks so much! She is our little camera ham. Only 7 months old and totally stealing the show. We’re in so much trouble. 😉
The design of this chair is fairly common here in Germany, and the seat and footrest are all adjustable so she can grow into it (until she’s about 2). Most of them don’t have the cushions though. We really lucked into this find since we needed one so badly now!