Buyer’s guide to booster seats and travel highchairs

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What is a booster seat or travel highchair?

A booster seat or travel highchair is a portable seat for feeding your baby or toddler when out of the home. Whether you enjoy eating out a lot or just need a solution for a holiday, it takes the stress out of eating in restaurants with babies and toddlers, and ensures your lap and arms are free to eat your own meal. It also takes away the worry of if there will be adequate seating provision for your child when you get where you are going.

There are four main types to choose from:

• Travel highchair – quite like a normal highchair, but without the long legs. It sits on a dining chair and is strapped on. It will usually fold to a conveniently small size.
• Booster seat – it also straps onto a dining chair and can be either a foldable or unfoldable design. Like the name suggests, it gives your child a ‘boost’ in height.
• Fabric seat harness – a piece of fabric you put around your baby with clip restraints that fasten at the back of a chair. They are easy to fold, but don't give your baby any height to reach the table.
• Clamp-on seat – a seat that attaches to the edge of the table rather than a chair, so your baby is at table height.