Give your kid a boost with Kaboost, which turns any chair into a high chair. Instead of raising your kid up on an unsturdy booster seat, you raise the chair. It eliminates the need for a high chair once your child is old enough to sit on a chair.

Anya refuses to sit in her high chair, only occasionally in her stylish and functional Stokke Trip Trapp, and usually wants to sit on my lap or next to me at our built-in breakfast nook during meals.  She definitely wants to sit in a chair but she’s too short.  When Josh and I went to the ABC Kids Expo, he passed by the Kaboost booth and later told me, “you have to get us one of those!”  So I did and we love it.

Made of heavy duty plastic, it can support up to 300 pounds, has non-slip rubberized feet that won’t scratch floors, grips chair legs (even when you pick it up), and actually improves the stability of the chair. Its adjustable spring system allows it to fit on almost any four legged chair (both round or square legs). It can give you two different heights- 3 3/4″ or 4 1/2″- to accommodate your growing child by just flipping it over (like a conventional booster seat). It’s also portable- folding up somewhat compactly and weighs only 3.5 pounds so you can travel with it.  This is definitely one of those products that you should get two of- one for home and one to keep in the car for restaurants, others’ homes, etc.

Sometimes I feel like I need three hands to get it onto a chair but I think I’ll get used to it.  I also wish there was a bag to tote it around in because the legs kind of flop around.  However, they are in the process of designing a cool bag to tote it around in.)  It should not be used with kids who can’t sit up on their own or with kids who won’t sit still in a chair.  It’s really for kids who would ordinarily sit in a booster.

It comes in three colors- natural (which matches light woods), chocolate (which matches dark woods), and lime green (which just looks cool).