A comfortable, stylish and lightweight highchair (Mothercare Picnic Highchair Teddy's Wash Day)

Member Name: ashton08

Product:	Mothercare Picnic Highchair Teddy's Wash Day
Date:	17/11/08 (341 review reads)
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Advantages: Comfortable, cute and not gender specific

Disadvantages: The net basket can gets full of food if you're not careful

~*~*~INTRODUCTION~*~*~

The Teddys wash day highchair is the Mothercare version of the very popular Chicco Happy Snack highchair. They are infact exactly the same, the only difference being the colour and pattern.
When we bought this highchair, we had spent all day looking at different highchairs in various shops, we really liked the Chicco happy snack highchair but weren't keen on the colours of them. We wanted a neutral coloured highchair so we could use it for anymore children we might have in the future, unfortunately all the Chicco patterns were very gender specific.
My hubby and I were very glad when we saw Mothercare had done a version and bought it there and then.


~*~*~FEATURES~*~*~

-Padded seat with Teddy's Wash Day design
-4-position removable tray
-5-point safety harness
-3-position reclining backrest
-Net basket for storage


~*~*~PRODUCT INFORMATION~*~*~

-Folded: 92 x 58 x 41cm
-Unfolded: 82 x 58 x 101cm
-Seat height: 68cm
-Weight: 6.3kg


~*~*~PRICE~*~*~

The highchair is usually £59.99 but is currently on sale for £44.99


~*~*~MY OPINION~*~*~

When I bought this highchair my son was 4.5 months and much too small for it. He didn't start using it for another month and even then he was still a bit small for it so I sat him on a towel for a while until he got a bit bigger.

The 3 position backrest is great as my son used to struggle to lift his beaker of water up enough to drink out of when sat upright, but has he has an independant streak he wasn't keen for me to help him. It has also come in handy when my son has fallen asleep whilst eating!

I haven't used the 4 position tray much as my son is still small enough to fit in it when it is pulled right in.

The cream design is what I had wanted, but to be honest it has slightly stained in a couple of places so possibly not the best colour for a messy child-luckily not overly noticable.

The 5 point harness is also cream and gets dirty extremely quickly, It is however easy to remove and I have put it in the washing machine on a number of occasions and it has come up perfect each time (I put it in an old pillowcase to protect the plastic bits).

The net underneath is also very useful for storing my sons toys, my house is quite small compared to the amount of toys there is so any extra storage is a huge welcome. When we first started using the highchair we were finding his toys were getting covered in crumbs etc so we now put a plastic sheet over the net whilst my son eats. This has solved the only problem I have found with the highchair.

As for cleaning, it is quite easy. The plastic padded seat is wipe clean as it the rest of it. For the stitching areas, I tend to use an old toothbrush.


I would strongly recommend this highchair if you like neutral colours, but for more colour the regular Chicco Happy Snack highchair would be ideal.

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