Kids can be rather messy at the dinner table, in case you hadn't noticed. Clearly, I didn't realize this fact when I purchased diningroom chairs with white seat cushions shortly before we had children. We ended up re-upholstering our chairs with a vinyl faux-leather fabric which works pretty well, but if you don't want to go to that extreme with your own chairs, you should definitely consider these great SmartSeat chair covers. SmartSeat is a patent-pending product made by pb&j Discoveries LLC, a parent-owned company based in Massachusetts. The company sent me a cover to try out on my messy children (they ship to Canada, yay!). It was a cinch to attach to my chair when I followed the video demonstration on their website. Cole noticed it as soon as he got home from daycare and was very impressed by how soft it was. I captured this video of him:
Bennett immediately tried to rip it off the seat, but it wouldn't budge, thanks to the super sticky velcro straps holding it in place. He eventually gave up and sat on it. There was quite a lot of food spilled on it over the following week, not to mention cat hair since our cat decided the seat cover was his new favourite sleeping place.
By the end of the week, the cover looked like this:
Not too bad! Not much of the food that spilled actually stuck to the cover, so that was a big plus. I gave it a quick wipe with a damp cloth, and it was good as new:
I can see this product being very useful for a lot of families with young children (and cats!). It comes in a variety of stylish colours so your seats can still look great while being protected from stains.
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Megan! That seat cover is fantastic! I SO need to get one (or two) of those. You'd think it was Aidan that was the messiest, but Ben is since seems to never want to actually sit on his chair, and ends up with more food on his seat this way. He kneels, or has one foot on the floor and one knee on his chair, or sits cross-legged, letting food fall between his legs. His chair has ketchup, oatmeal, icecream....you name it, the stains are there. I recovered one of our kitchen chairs, and it looks great, but I'm too afraid to bother doing the others because they won't last long!
ReplyDeleteThe cat is sitting on my chair right now. This is one reason I NEVER wear black pants at home. Ever.
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Check out this pic and then you will see that my son is THE messiest eater, maybe even in the entire world.
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I would love to win one of these covers, as we are actually getting new tables and chairs, and I am so worried that the kids will wreck them! Thanks so much!
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It's a tossup between my 2 1/2 year old daughter and my husband ;)
ReplyDeleteWithout a doubt it's my 9 month old daughter!! I really try to encourage independent eating as much as my tolerance will allow, but I really have to cringe when the food ends up EVERYWHERE!!! :) Oh how I could use one of these chair protectors!!
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No question it's my 6-year old son. Every night I fill the dustpan under his chair (and that's not counting what I wipe off of his chair!). ;)
ReplyDeleteMy messiest eater is for sure my 2 yr old son!
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ReplyDeleteThe messiest eater in my house right now is my 2 1/2 year old son...he definitely needs one of these!
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ReplyDeleteMy messiest eater is my son. He first started to grab the spoon to put in his mouth at 7 months. He has since stopped this. He is now 10 months old and since I feed him, I might be the messiest feeder as I put too much on the spoon as he won't eat off the bottom of the spoon. He also now likes to hide food on his highchair, in and on his clothes. I follow you on twitter and liked you on facebook too.
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My middle son is my messiest eater for sure!
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my daughter is the messiest one. I have to pickup her bread crumbs everwhere.
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ReplyDeleteSadly, I am the messiest eater in my family!
ReplyDeleteHands down it is Olivia. Much like Lisa B's Ben, Olivia NEVER sits still. She is constantly dropping food all over her seat. Drives me bonkers. And yes, my cats love to sit on our chairs as well.
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Oh I really need these, right now we have towels on our chairs. My oldest daughter is the messiest in our family!!! trishbazin(at)yahoo.com
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My son! I have to wash our poor white chairs everyday...
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ReplyDeleteSadly, I AM THE most messy eater (seriously), but I will use this on my 13-month old's chair .... yes, I am more messy than a 13- month old!
It looks like a good product to buy for your upholstered seats. It will protect them from moisture and scratches.
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