We can never stop singing the praises of IKEA for kid stuff. It's simple, well-designed, and affordable. So, we were curious what Babble chose as their top ten.
Babble chose:
1. Antilop High Chair
2. Leka Baby Gym
3. Expedit Shelf
4. Ekorre Walker
5. Lack Side Table
6. Rens Sheepskin
7. Kladd Bibs
8. Forskitig Stool
9. Smila Mane Lamp
10. Gulliver Crib
Check out their full post to see why they chose each of these items. Our top picks from their list have to be the Antilop highchair and Gulliver Crib- both of which we've used with great success. They're affordable, have smaller footprints than most high chairs and cribs, and the high chair couldn't be any easier to clean off.
We'd also have to add a few more favorites:
1. The Krama Washcloths: We've used these in the kitchen for cleaning up a messy baby.
2. The Leka Playmat: Affordable and lots of interesting things on it to stimulate baby while still being rather innocuous for a playmat.
3. The Kalas plates, bowls, and cups: They're dishwasher and microwave safe which is nice and sometimes hard to find.
4. Trofast Storage: Versatile and easy for children to take out and put away their own toys.
What's on your list of tried and true IKEA products for the little ones?
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We thought we would have to hunt hard for a smooth, seam-free high chair. Hate the crud that can build up in the cracks and corners. Then we stumbled on the Antilop. It was cheap and good-looking. Perfect.
As an owner of both the top two, I have to agree. The highchair and baby gym were some of our best baby purchases, not just at Ikea.
Those high chairs have saved our sanity with our twins. Worth way more than the $25 each we paid because the clean-up is a breeze!
When my husband and I had our wedding reception, we ended up purchasing 4 of the highchairs in place of renting them. The cost ended up being $20 more, but we now have seating for 4 kids for dinner parties/ holidays. It's been so helpful...cleaner and much more relaxing than having kids in dining chairs or running around under the table during dinner. Plus they are easy to stack and store.
I just have to weigh in on how much I HATE HATE HATE the Antilop high chair. The way its legs angle out at the sides guarantee constant tripping. We've had it a couple years, and can't, out of a sense of frugality, get rid of it. But I wish I could.
i have the tripping problem too (small townhome with a tiny kitchen/dinette), but the benefits and price outweigh me tripping over it every once in awhile. also, most of the time we try to keep our baby girl's place at the table on the side of the table closest to the wall where we are less likely to be walking by frequently.
i like how it can easily become a toddler chair (without the tray) when you start introducing your child to place settings, etc. it's also very gender neutral. we let Margot's cousin Mikey use hers until she was eating solids when his big overpriced one broke.
DEFINITELY got our $25 worth!
Love the high chair...we had two, one cheapo freebie and one more expensive and got rid of them both for this space saver. It's easy to clean, and has been to a wedding and several feasts. We just retired it this weekend, but we're hanging onto it because friends and family have babies and toddlers too.
@jenniferholle - that's brilliant! We took ours to a wedding, and we were the envy of all the parents. The reception had wooden high chairs, but they were on a different floor, and no one wanted to lug them up. Their loss because the little ones were running their parents ragged. Oh, except for ours who sat neatly in her IKEA high chair. :)