create.live.design: baby stuff: the bad

so honestly here is what made me think of this whole string of posts to begin with:

i present to you, the BAD:

ugh!!!!! this high chair is heinous. im sorry to all those of you who have this high chair, bc it is an extremely common one, usually up there on "what TO buy" for your new baby.

HOWEVER, i strongly disagree. it is a bustling center of germs and old food and crevices to be cleaned and just UGH! i cant ever get it clean, even with submergence and intense scrubbing in sudsy water, toothpick cleaning all the cracks, everything short of HOSING IT DOWN or strapping it to the top of the car and drive-through-car-washing it.  honestly there is no way to really keep it clean unless you completely take it apart and scrub after every meal.  and there are about a million parts to disassemble.

and all those "ergonomic adjustments" may seem nice at a glance but they are really unnecessary.  {we have never adjusted any of the "adjustments".}  when b was teeny and eating rice cereal and such, we did strap him in, but he hasnt used the straps since then {dont judge}.  and the changeable plastic tray cover doesnt cover the edges of the actual tray, so it doesnt save you having to wipe down the tray every time anyway.  and did i mention the plethora of places where food and germs and disastrous yuckiness can hide?

you want to know my FAVORITE high chair?
this one:

the high chair I grew up eating in.  its at my parents place at the beach, and it is the easiest, cleanest, simplest high chair.  and i love it.  when we were little my dad had casters on it, so you could roll it around like all the fancy-smancy ones can now.  im highly considering consigning our chicco chair or just goodwill-ing it and getting a simple wooden chair from a consignment store or online.

anyway, i would love to hear your thoughts if you also have this high chair, or one like it.  maybe its just me - i do know that when ive asked friends who have the same chicco high chair, they always agree with how nasty it is.

so there it is.  create.live.design: baby stuff: the bad consists of this singular item.

oh, wait...i spoke too soon and almost forgot. these, too:

ugh and ugh, again.  we first bought the diaper genie {on the right}, and it did provide useful at hiding the smell.  BUT you had to use your hand to firmly and completely press nasty diapers down into the contraption each time.  gross. and you had to pay for replacement bags.  at first, when teeny baby diapers dont really smell that bad, it wasnt really an issue.  but as bennett grew, so did the nastiness.
so we bought a diaper champ {on the left}.  which uses regular trash bags and is supposed to be hands free.  just drop the diaper in and flip the handle.  BUT it stinks to high heavens, never contained the smell, and just made a mess.  some who start with the diaper champ say it handles the smell just fine, but im not so sure these people have anything to compare it to :)

so, my humble recommendation is to just throw the dirty diaper away in a disposable bag {if you want to just leave it in the room} or take it out to another garbage can, preferably one outside.  ;)

there ya have it!  the baaaaaaaaaaad.

the so-so is still to come.
i know you are waiting on the edge of your seat for these thrilling installments... hehe

 happy saturday!

{yes, im inside at the beach on the computer - there is only so much sun and heat i can take these days!}
:)