Placemats etc for restaurants?

[BeachBum]

I guess I need a large placemat type thing for eating out with DS (8 mo). I'm not sure what products are available and what other people do.

We bought a high chair cover (Eddie Bauer) at BRU that is a vinyl type material. It sucks. It slips off the chair.

What other products are out there and what are you using?
thanks.

[alienhost]

We use the tabletoppers - www.tabletopper.com

http://www.tabletopper.com/images/TTbaby_seal.gif

they stick to the table and the baby eats right off it.

I wanted to get something for the highchair too and was wondering what people were using....

ETA sometimes I use the Fisher Price booster chair but I don't always want to lug it with me. When I don't I use these.

[alienhost]

BTW I got a big box of the table toppers at BJs wholesale club for $12.99. I love that they are disposable since the whole point of eating out is to avoid washing dishes. :)

I saw this at onestepahead, anyone using this?

http://www.onestepahead.com/images//product/family/12153-v.jpg

[Renrel]

I like the table toppers but we also had the one by kidopotumus (sp) that rolled up. I liked the pocket that hung off the edge of the table for food to fall into. Very handy when DS just started eatting.

[kimthebride]

I LOVE Table Toppers! Disposable, don't mark up the tables (so no waitress will say No to them), lightweight, and big enough to cover a reasonable area in front of DS.

[dana b]

we tried a couple different mats, but my dd would tear away anything in front of her. with those wooden highchairs we used this
http://www.onestepahead.com/images//product/family/7099-v.jpg
but really most of the time we brought the fp booster, it contains her better, she tries to escape those wooden highchairs.

[BooeyJ2]

DD has this one (we got it at BRU) and it's pretty cool because it sticks well and catches all the crumbs, but kind of a pain to drag back and forth....
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BH79YW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000BH79YW/104-2144207-6279953?v=glance



We also use the Sesame Street disposable ones too, but she likes to just pull them off after a while.

[psusna]

Count me in as a Table Topper fan! I keep them stocked in the diaper bag and car. I figure if we don't eat straight off of the table, DS shouldn't either!

[alienhost]

as far as tearing them off, I found if I adhere the bottom part under the table a bit (w/ the mat covering the edge/side or the table) she has a more difficult time pulling it off the table.

[Renrel]

Booey posted the one I was describing in my early post, but mine is yellow.

[psusna]

Alien: That's what we do as well. DS thinks it is a challenge to tear them off but I think we are exiting that phase...he's more interested in flirting with the waitresses now :rolleyes: