Can you take high chair straps off?

[Pink Petals]

I got fed up with the straps on my high chair getting all covered in food. So hard to clean! I wanted to wash them, but the darn things were bolted in! After getting them off, I decided not to put them back on. The high chair has a crotch bar, so LO can't slide anywhere, plus we are doing blw, so he is always supervised.

Anyone else do this?

Should I put them back on?

 

[Sarah Lou 80]

I did with ours as there is a crotch bar and the tray keeping him in there! I was also fed up with the straps getting dirty and, as he got older, the straps used to annoy him anyway.

 

[Nela]

I'd rather deal with the dirty straps than rely on just the crotch guard, myself. I'm always around when he's eating but that doesn't mean I don't move away at all so I just feel better knowing he's strapped in. I do make him wear his long sleeve bib over his harness though so that helps a lot with avoiding the straps getting nearly as dirty.

 

[Rachel_C]

We took them off once the kids were able to sit on a normal chair without falling off. If your LO still needs the crotch bar to hold him in, I'd not take the straps off either, just in case. I tended to put a big bib on LO once the straps were fastened so they were mostly covered up anyway.