Should you use a harness on a high chair?

[Pickle]

I agree with Clare, a small baby would struggle to sit comfortably in a Tripp Trapp chair without the baby seat. I kept the baby seat on until my daughter was about 18 months old.

[bumpy]

We started using one at 6 months with just the baby set, used a jumper round his back & side to start with as he was still a little wobbly but now at 8 months he's fine. I'd also go for the baby set over the harness in the early days though not sure what's going to happen as he gets older and we can't squeeze him through the baby set holes!

[MrsMc]

I haven't bought a harness for my Tripp trapp yet, but I really reconmend fitting the extended gliders if you haven't already. It makes the TT much more stable and harder to tip backwards.

[bumpy]

Thanks for the tip MrsMc - really wasn't sure what they were for!

[qeetah]

Thanks for the advice everyone - I think I'll get the seat first then and see how we go from there....

xP

[crystal7]

We've never had a harness for our tripp trapp just the baby seat/set (?) but it means our daughter can stand up in the chair, don't know if it's because she's quite small and skinny or just an excellent escape artist but I have to keep a close eye on her...

[Mrs TP]

I never bothered with a high chair harness until baby no 3 when aged 8 mths old stood up in her high chair and clapped in delight at her own ability. I squealed in horror and Mr TP performed a heroic dive across the kitchen to scoop her out of the chair - v. hairy moment. From then on she was strapped in but hated the shoulder straps and so we compromised with waist straps only, which did the trick. Would sometimes sneakily hook the shoulder straps onto her trouser belt hooks. Depends on the child but air on the side of caution.