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Slammy
16 yrs ago
Hi,
Anyone know the cheapest place to buy a Stokke high chair - either online, or in HK? Looking to try and save a few extra dollars as the chair is super-pricey!
Thanks!
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Mothercare?
BTW the chair is worth every penny. Consider that unlike other child chairs, you can use it use it all the way to adulthood. It is easy to clean and stable enough for a 2 year old to get up and down from herself.
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Hi there,
Thanks Axptguy - I originally saw it in Mothercare and have been thinking about it ever since. It's just so much nicer looking then your average plastic/metal highchair!
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find someone who has a mothercare VIP discount, you can get 10% off.
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That's a good idea!
I just called Mothercare - it's over $4,000 for the chair and baby accessories!! yikes...
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"I just called Mothercare - it's over $4,000 for the chair and baby accessories!! yikes..."
Yepp. A lot of money. But you can get a color that matches the rest of your stuff. So it won't be an eyesore like some of the plastic/metal chairs. And as mentioned your kids can use it all the way to adulthood. It really is worth the money.
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Mothercare with 10% discount card, or Bedazzle (shop close to LKF, sorry do not have the exact address). With the discount at Mothercare, it works out the same. I was surprised how expensive the accessories were so decided to buy the baby support seat and harness, but not the cushion. Cushion would probably get dirty anyway. Our daughter seems to be very happy and comfortable without it and it saves you at least some money!
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Agreed that the cushion is meaningless. The baby support seat is only needed up to about 9 months. IMHO it is easier to buy a cheap chair at IKEA for 4-9 months, then upgrade to a "plain" STOKKE with just the harness (included).
The harness can be removed around 18 months when your child can climb up and down herself.
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axptguy38,
i got the tripp trapp a couple of months ago. we got it with the baby seat, as my baby is only 6 months. as for the harness you mentioned that is included, is it the fabric belt thing? i saw it in the catalog at mothercare, but i thought you had to buy it? ours didn't come with it!
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"as for the harness you mentioned that is included, is it the fabric belt thing? i saw it in the catalog at mothercare, but i thought you had to buy it? ours didn't come with it!"
Yes I mean the fabric belt. I didn't know it wasn't included here. In the US it is. Very useful and with it there is no need for the baby seat if your baby is over 8-9 months or so.
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Hi frenchfries, ours did not come with the harness either. In HK you need to buy it separetly (do not know about other countries).
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Hi,
The chair costs around $2500, the harness costs around $450, the cushions can cost from 450 - 600 (because there are new special edition cushions) and the baby seat I think was also around $500! So it all adds up!
I was planning to buy the chair, cushion and baby seat and forgo on the harness... but after what you all mentioned, I'm thinking maybe just get the chair and the harness. You think my six month old baby will be okay with just the chair and a harness, though?
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Your six month old will be ok. The harness goes over the shoulders and around the waist so as long as he/she can sit up and you make sure it is snug he/she will be quite secure.
We removed the harness around 17-18 months when our girls could get in/out by themselves.
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Robin2008, thanks. Phew... I thought I got ripped off! haha
My son is 6 months and using the baby seat. Even though he can sit on his own quite well, I think that the baby seat makes ME feel more secure. Having said that, I have never used the harness, so I cannot make a comparison. I will definately have to get the harness soon, and get rid of the baby seat.
Stokke makes a killing with the accessories for sure!! haha
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Hi Frenchfries,
Is your baby high enough to sit at your table?
When we tried the chair in the shop, it seems like the baby was still too low to sit at the table with us - which made me wonder if our table was slightly higher than normal!
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"When we tried the chair in the shop, it seems like the baby was still too low to sit at the table with us - which made me wonder if our table was slightly higher than normal!"
When we started the table was up to her chest.
We found it a much simpler solution to get a cheap chair with tray at IKEA for a couple hundred and use that up to 9-10 months. If nothing else, you can then sit opposite the kid for feeding. At 9-10 months, baby is both stable with harness and tall enough for table, so upgrade to STOKKE and use that for the rest of childhood.
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Slammy, for my son, the chair is high enough for him to sit at our table.
Having seen other threads where axptguy38 suggested to get a cheapy at Ikea before getting a Stokke (and of course, I, like most people, take his advice seriously!), we wanted to do just that. However, when we saw the Ikea one, it was really really cheap cheap cheap looking!! I was going to be ok with it, but my husband was like, 'no way!'. So, we got the Stokke from the beginning.
We bought the Stokke when our son was around 4 months, and for the first month, he was a little unstable, slumping to either side once in a while and hitting his head on the side of the chair (not too hard), but now, at 6 months, he's doing well. It is definately a nice piece of furniture, pratical-wise and aesthetic-wise.
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"However, when we saw the Ikea one, it was really really cheap cheap cheap looking!! I was going to be ok with it, but my husband was like, 'no way!'. So, we got the Stokke from the beginning."
Sadly, IKEA's very nice looking (but cheap) wooden chair called Blåmes was discontinued a while ago. It was a great chair. Now they only have that sad plastic and metal thing... :(
"(and of course, I, like most people, take his advice seriously!)"
*blushing*
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ha! that's why!! Ikea discontinued the nice one!! that's a shame... the sad plastic and metal thing is truly SAD...
axptguy38, i wasn't joking. i take most of ur advice to use. i go through a lot of these threads and go, 'hmmm. i see... that really makes sense'. :)
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We have our Blåmes for sale. 200 Honkies. Pickup in Repulse Bay. ;)
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Ooh... let me try to find a photo of your Blames first. We have limited space in our flat...
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Here you go: http://www.logc.dk/children/blamess.html
Quite frankly I don't think a high chair can be much smaller unless you go with the type that hangs on the table. This requires a sturdy table btw. And on a side note we also have one of those for sale. 400 Honkies. Never used.
Come to think of it, you could easily get that design copied by a local custom furniture guy. STOKKE might be trickier.
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My almost 2 year old clambers up and down from his tripp trapp by himself having graduated from the setting with the waist strap and the leather keeper between the legs and it's great. I bought it 2nd hand from a lady who had bought it new 15 years earlier for the 1st of her 3 sons. When we brought it here from Sweden we unscrewed it and packed it flat and whilst quite heavy it didn't actually take up much space so you could even consider buying one in another country and bringing it back in your luggage. Only the ' upside down 7' shaped main struts are large, the rest packs down quite compactly.
Whilst mine is 2nd hand, it's in decent condition and came with the bent wood waist bar and leather keeper and cost me about $400 hkd which I think was a tiny price to py.
Look after it and you can sell it in a few years for pretty much what you pay for it!
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Yes... I should have bought the stokke secondhand whenever I saw it on Asiaxpat. Now that I NEED one, there hasn't been one advertised!! So I will just have to buy it new - which is fine. Axptguy, I have been thinking about your offer and the IKEA blames chairs is certainly very nice - can't believe they don't sell it in HK now! But I think I may as well just buy the stokke, considering it can be used for a few years! Thanks
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axptguy38,
do u still have the table seat? i need one for when we go to grandma's or for travels. does urs pack flat or come in a carrier?
regarding the tripp trapp, i really like it that my baby can sit with us at the dinner table, but the only thing is, our wooden table frame is quite hard for my baby's hands, especially when he plays the drums with his fists! he had actually cut his hand on the edge of the table! also, when i want to give him finger foods, because the chair doesn't come with a tray, we need to put his food in a bowl for him, which he keeps dropping, or put it directly on the dining table, which isn't ideal either as the table doesn't have a raised edge to keep he food in place.
i would like to know what we can do to 1) protect those little hands from the hard table edges, and 2) where do we put their food...
any comments?
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Hi there,
I brought mine through 2 Left Feet UK website and had a friend bring it with her when she returned from Ldn.
Its light and compact - about 7 kilos (I used my airmiles to redemn the extra kilos for her) and she checked it in....No hassles.
Its also half the price compared to HK!!
I also got my Bugaboo, Stokke Care, Stokke baby bed from the website...big savings! Managed to carried these back to HK ourselves when we visited the in-law :-)
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Hi Happyd,
Yes, it's much cheaper online. I found some websites that deliver to HK but I couldn't be certain WHAT they would be delivering because there's two types of baby rails - one is plastic, the other is similar material to the chair. The plastic rail has bad reviews, such as cracking etc. Also, the older cushions didn't have velcro which meant the chair had to be dismantled to remove the cushion. And the people never told me which baby set and which cushion was going to be delivered so I gave up!
Did you buy a bugaboo bee? (if so, how much was it?)
Thanks!
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No need for a cushion on the Stokke. Your child's bum can take the wood seat. ;)
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I'm sure my baby's chubby bummy can take the wooden seat, but it makes mummy feel so much more comfortable to see baby on a cushion. :-D
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"I'm sure my baby's chubby bummy can take the wooden seat, but it makes mummy feel so much more comfortable to see baby on a cushion. :-D"
If I don't get a cushion, my girls don't either. ;)
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My son has never had a cushion on his Tripp Trapp and he sits in it beautifully. It's amazing how much superfluous stuff the marketers can get you to buy!
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"It's amazing how much superfluous stuff the marketers can get you to buy!"
Yes... I admit it... I'm a sucker. I am willing to pay $500 extra so my baby can sit on a flimsy cushion that I know is not necessary. ;-)
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Hi Slammy
With all the savings you get buying from Stokke from UK website, you can definitely get the cushion from Mothercare at Princess Building. I did not buy the plastic onces.
I had a look at Bugaboo Bee...it looks narrow and a bit uncomfortable. So I went for a Cameleon and paid about HKD5,500. I figured we will get another compact and light pram when my little one is a bit older.
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"I had a look at Bugaboo Bee...it looks narrow and a bit uncomfortable. So I went for a Cameleon and paid about HKD5,500. I figured we will get another compact and light pram when my little one is a bit older."
A wise choice. We had a Cameleon and loved it. The Bee feels less than satisfactory. You can get most of the Bee's functionality from a reclinable MacLaren like the Techno XT.
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question to the skokke owners out there ... ok its to axptguy 38 ... Just ordered the tripp trapp for my 15 month old and now I am thinking .. how is this going to work. Do you jsut put down a plastic mat at the table? My daughter likes to spread her food round her current highchair tray, so I wondering about the logistics of this over the next couple of months while we teach her food comes on a plate and the plate stays on the table ;-) What did you use to keep the food from being everywhere during those 15-2 yr old stages
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Hi there.
Yes, we use plastic placemats on the table. And yes, it will be messy and some stuff inevitably ends up outside the placemat. Wiping up afterwards is part of the process. ;) It is worth it. Our girls loved graduating to the table.
Kids who are allowed to be messy eaters tend to learn to be tidy eaters early because they are allowed to "experiment". However do introduce fork and spoon now if you haven't already. She will miss a lot of the time but you'll thank yourself in a year or two.
Let her use a real glass. Not your heirloom crystal of course but a real glass. Let her feel like an adult. Yes there will be spills. Sippy cups should be retired already for table use. Don't fill the glass all the way up though. Too heavy!
BabyBjörn makes fantastic plates and spoons. The plates are shaped so that it is easy to scoop "against the edge". They are also tricky to get hold of and lift, so it is hard to turn them over.
May the Force be With You! :)
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Hi axptguy38 - we have the seat in place and love it - but we didnt get the harness and of course my 20 month old now treats meal time as a buffet with multiple up and down, wander off to play etc. So I now am considering investing in the harness (in Sng it is $100). I recall you saying you used the harness for a while - at what point did you stop? Just wondering if I should continue being firm as the harness will be outgrown or do I buy it and know that she will have to stay put. I dont want to try removing food the minute she gets down as she is underweight so every meal is just a case of getting as much food into her as we can.
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Far too late for the harness. Our kids had it off by about 12-14 months. If you put it on now your kid will not "approve" anyway.
You have to change behavior instead. I know you say you don't want to remove the meal but that is the only way. Your little one won't starve to death from a skipped meal or two, even if underweight. She will get the picture very quickly. If you continue like this discipline becomes a problem and only gets worse. It sounds like she is playing with you and it must stop now or you'll have huge issues later.
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Z
15 yrs ago
Yes, take the food away and no more until the next scheduled. Consistently. Every time. And be very vigilant with helpers "helping" by giving treats behind your back so that your kid won't be hungry. We are *still* retraining bad eating habits out of our first [dawdling mostly], and she is almost four!!! That helper is gone, though...
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Hi guys - just want to ask a question...
How could you send a 2-year-old off to nursery school for three hours if they're hungry? Or how could you send them to bed on an empty stomach because they were dawdling and running around? I'm finding it hard to enforce your suggestions above because I feel bad about letting my daughter go hungry if she doesn't eat properly at meal times...
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If she were "really" hungry, she would eat. If she's fine with going to school, she's not THAT hungry.
You could save the meal on the plate in the kitchen. If she gets hungry an hour after saying no, you can offer it again. That's ok. It is not ok to offer a more "palatable" alternative, such as dessert or a pre-bed glass of milk, if she has not had her meal. Then she'll just hold out for the "better" stuff.
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Z
15 yrs ago
Totally agree. Your daughter is not eating her proper meals *because* you feel bad. I've sent both of my kids to bed hungry -- they don't starve before morning, and they tend to eat a good brekkie the next morning.
Try making a list of everything your daughter eats and when for 2-3 days. Maybe it is just a timing thing -- pushing mealtime back for half an hour might help. Another thing - make sure that there is at least one serving of something that she really likes at each meal. We also have a treat for after supper for those days when they eat up their entire supper in a reasonable amount of time. Occasionally, only one kid will get the treat.
For yourself, think hard about where you want your daughter to be able to exercise her individuality: a safe place to be a little "naughty." Clearly, it isn't at the supper table.
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Good point about the "naughty" space. Kids do need to act out on occasion.
Our places for whooping, running and acting out are playground, beach and other outdoor areas. Indoors the kids need to use indoor voices at all times. No yelling is tolerated. At the table, best behavior is expected.
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That's interesting: I never considered a "naughty" space before.
So is that what you tell your children? That certain behaviour is for certain places?
But what if they are full of energy and it's not appropriate to go down to the playground and let off steam, maybe because it's too late at night. What do you tell them then, if they want to run rampant around your flat?
Thanks.
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"So is that what you tell your children? That certain behaviour is for certain places?"
Absolutely. They are more ok with calming down if they understand that they can blow off steam somewhere else. And it is important to explain why, not just tell (off). Even small kids are more likely to do as you say if they understand the reason.
"But what if they are full of energy and it's not appropriate to go down to the playground and let off steam, maybe because it's too late at night. What do you tell them then, if they want to run rampant around your flat?"
If you've reached that point it is too late. Prevention is key. Kids need to blow off energy every day. School/pre-school will leech energy, as will beach, playground or outing. If the kids have had their wild fun for the day, they are much calmer in the evening and the situation you describe doesn't arise, or at least is rather mild.
Sure, there will be times when they want to run rampant in the flat. This can be tolerated, up to a point. I mean kids will be kids and they need to be able to play. We do draw the line at yelling and annoying behaviors like pushing, fighting and destructiveness. At that point they get a warning or two, then time out.
Heck, we don't even tolerate "annoying laughter" (think Beavis and Butthead) or interrupting a conversation (don't stop your conversation to answer the kid, tell her she will have to wait). Our kids are only 3 and 4 but they do know how to behave.
Of course they will constantly try to test your limits. However nowadays we don't need to tell them what they are doing wrong. They know that. We just need to warn them.
Despite all this discipline, our little ones have tons of fun, laugh and play just like other kids. It is not detrimental to their development.
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Z
15 yrs ago
What we did was to give our biggest living room over to being the playroom: it has just a bookshelf along one wall to store toys/books/art supplies/etc. and the rest of the room is empty, so there is actually quite a bit of space for the kids to run and play, especially good for rainy or cold days or those days when somebody has a bad cold and we don't want to infect the community. This works for us, as we put the kids in the maid's room [we don't have a live-in] and used the extra bedroom as the office/guest bedroom/TV room. This also incidentally limits draconianly the amount of time we spend watching TV [important for us b/c bad behavior correlates quite strongly with abundant TV watching].
Another thing to know is that it is quite common for kids to have a burst of energy right at bedtime. Supper is kicking in, being clean is energizing, they know it is the last hurrah of the day... After the bath, we allow a few minutes of jumping on our bed as they are getting their pj's on [they know that it is naughty, so they feel like they are pulling a fast one on us]. Clearly, jumping on the bed is not something that every family wants to encourage; this is one of our allowed naughty spaces.
Another thing that we do is to allow some yelling as part of reading certain books... we have Boynton's Opposites, and on one page is "whisper and SHOUT" and we always say SHOUT together in very loud voices; another is called Aaargh! Spider! and we always use a loud voice to say Aaargh! Spider! Controlled naughtiness. :)
Discipline is actually very reassuring for kids at this age [2]. They are just figuring out the rules of life, and the quicker that they can figure out what is okay and what is not, the happier they are. Bonus points when their beloved adults all agree on these rules - this means that they have available experts on staff, and is very reassuring.
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