One of the many, many benies of self-led weaning was.... No High Chairs!!! Given, this trick isn't for everyone. Some people want a little alone time with their meal. Some people, perhaps, take care of kids that don't hate being restrained. Siggghhhh, not so much here. That's what led me to discover what I later found out was called self-led-weaning . The kid, (each of the kids in turn), would sit in my lap during meals. They'd also sample my food, (that's the self-led-weaining) part. We never used the high chair. Here's the other cool part though. The kids got tired of siting in my lap when they could toddle, crawled out, and learned how to climb into their own chairs, so no high chairs at restaurants either. (Of course, my lap was also available there, so again, this trick might not be for you.) And then!!!! Becuase we were grad students and the kids came with us to grad student happy hours they also learned very quickly how to safely perch themsevles on bar s...