Eddie Bauer Natural Wood High Chair Review

When I was registering for a high chair, I was determined to get a classic, wooden chair.  I wanted quality.  I wanted something that would blend in with my house.  I didn't think as a practical mom because I had never been a mother at that point.  I'm not sure why I didn't listen to my mom who had experienced four kids before.  The wise woman looked at me and said, "Buy a plastic one.  It's easier to clean."

Of course, after two and half decades of ignoring her, I continued on the same path.  I should have known better.  When she'd said boys weren't good enough for me she was right.  When she'd said to take a sweater, she had been right.  And when she said I'd regret not getting a plastic high chair, she was right too.

First of all, a note to would-be mom's out there.  Forget trying to buy baby items for your house that will blend into the decor.  After the Exersaucer, Thomas train set and spit-up-on shirt you will no longer worry about your house not looking like kids live there.  They do.  That's the facts.  Get over them.  Once in a great while, when you stay up all night to accomplish the task, you will clean your house and fill your closets with toys so that you can have a dinner party for adults.  The other 364 days of the year, it will be obvious that you are a mom.  Plastic high chairs can go into hiding that one night.  The Eddie Bauer wooden high chair won't be clean enough to put anywhere else.

This chair allows your little angel to find crooks and cranny's you didn't know it had to stuff mac-n-cheese into.  You need to use toothpicks to get the gunk out.  The tray is not easy to use.  I know the box says it's designed for one-hand use.  Unless you can palm a basketball, you won't be able to use this feature.  The harness is a pain, the tray discolored after two washes in my dishwasher (and I clean my diswasher every two weeks), and the seat pad basically disintegrated in my washer... on gentle.  I hate this classic seat.  It is the bane of my clean house existence.

Do yourself a favor.  Get over the fact that a plastic seat may look like it came out of a diner.  Get over the fact that your table is wood and it horribly clashes.  Plastic is so much easier to clean, and you want your child eating in a clean chair afterall.