High Chairs

[Mammaluna]

I purchased mine at babystyle.com but they no longer carry them. I know babiesrus.com has the Chicco Mamma and so does www.dmartstores.com($139). I think(not sure)www.babybazaar.com also has the Chicco Mama High Chair. There are coupons for both babies r us and babybazaar at www.flamingoworld.com.

[peg]

I had the prima pappa (took it to my mother in laws because after a year I hated it!) and now have the chicco mamma.

Complaints about the Prima Pappa - As you've heard, extremely hard to get clean. Especially the seat cover. It is not machine washable and to remove it you need about 10 minutes with a screwdriver! My chair's tray wouldn't lock and my daughter always put her feet up on top of the tray and sometimes it would come off. Also, the cheap little wheel locks on the rear wheels broke off while we took it to my mother in laws, which is why we just left it there -- i had just had it with that chair!

I contacted peg perego's customer "service" dept. about all the problems I encountered with their expensive high chair and they only replied that they were sorry i was unhappy!

My only complaints about the chicco mamma are: the seat doesn't sit up close enough to the tray when in the most upright position. I wish my daughter were able to sit snugly close to the tray so spilled food would go into her bib instead of all over her lap. (The prima pappa did sit the child snugly to the tray.) My other complaint is that the tray release is poorly designed. my 21 month old easily pushes the release with her feet and sends the tray full of food flying across the room, to her great joy! (we are working on her not doing that, but she still does it occasionally.)

i still prefer the chicco to the prima pappa, but would recommend to others that they consider other chairs too. Part of the problem of spending so much for a top of the line chair is that you expect it to be close to perfect. It might be easier to accept the flaws of a high chair if we'd invested less money in them!

Good luck!

[angusmom]

You can find Chicco stuff also at www.babysupermall.com. They generally have what they sell in-stock or they restock as quickly as possible if they are out of something I have found. They don't charge credit cards until they ship your order, too, unlike some sites that take your money right away which is scary(like babygear).

Enjoy!

[alexsharp]

My in-laws just bought us the Chicco Mamma - (which is what we wanted) -- but just as a note to potential buyers - they do make the Mamma with the post between the legs. It is part of the tray. I made the mistake of purchasing the high chair from the internet (thought I was saving the ils some money) but ended up returning it when I realized I could get the high chair with a leg post and the one they sent us did not have it. It must be a VERY recent addition to the chair -- at BRU they had 2 models - one with and one without the leg post -- and they were the same price. ALSO - the one with the leg post came with the infant insert bonus. We had a $5 coupon so it came to $155 total. Now I feel a tad bit better about the high chair -- especially since the Fields' big gripe about the Chicco compared to the Peg was the leg post thing (which at the time Chicco did not have that feature).
I hope this helps anyone out there.

[jmokeo]

Has anyone seen the Evenflo Easy Comfort High Chair? It's on Babystyle and BRU for 109.99 - looks very similar to prima pappa or Chicco, can't tell if the seat cushion removes for cleaning though. Otherwise the features are very similar.