Chicco Hippo Hook On High Chair Review

This style of feeding seat attaches to a table by a hook or clamp that presses against the underside of the table and two arms that counter the weight on top of the table. The Chicco Hippo seat works with a clamp that can hold your table in a vise-like grip. The ends of the arms are a pair of hippos. I'm vehemently against juvenilia in my dining room (or just about anywhere, for that matter) and usually avoid little animals, but the all-black Chicco hippos almost have sculptural appeal.

When my daughter was under a year old,  I liked using this chair at home because the baby could sit with us during meals. My baby behaved noticeably better when she got to sit near us in her hook-on chair while we ate. She didn't act up as much for attention because she felt more included, and she didn't squirm around as much because I think she was more comfortable than in the high chair. Now that she is two and a half, she has fairly good table manners for her age and understands that meals are social times of day. I think it helped to bring the baby to the table while she was still very young so she could observe how grown ups eat.

This chair is very safe because it is simple to clean and ratchets tightly to tables, but it unfortunately is not a good travel solution. Not all tables are compatible, and the process of attaching and detaching it is complicated and time consuming. I think it is best used as an alternative to a high chair in the home.