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The chair's seat and footrest adjust for both DEPTH (front to back) and HEIGHT.
To get the very best for your child you must regularly readjust it. Most of the time you can get away with a half-yearly reset, but watch for growth spurts and do adjust the chair at least once a year ... why not every birthday?
The Tripp Trapp is suitable from Birth to Adulthood. Newborns require the Newborn attachment and from 6-36 months your child will need the Baby Set (both purchased separately).
In many families even adults have their own Tripp Trapp at the kitchen table. It makes a fabulous chair set.
Clearly the chair should not be used as a stepladder!
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This adjustment ensures your child can control their movement with their feet. It also places them at the right ergonomic height for a table surface.
The seat (fig. A) is set at the correct height when the child's elbows (1) are level with the table top. The footrest (fig. B) is set at the correct height when the sole of the foot can be lightly rested on the footrest (3), while the thighs are touching the seat. If you are in doubt about the height of the footrest, or if it cannot be adjusted to exactly the right height, it is far better to have the footrest a little too low than a little too high.
This adjustment is important, and determines whether your child is able to sit upright effortlessly or forced into a slumped posture. If you use your intuition it will probably come out wrong...!
There should be ample space between the front edge of the seat and the child's calf(2). The seat depth is correct if it provides support for three quarters of the length of the thigh when the child's back is against the backrest. This may look strange to those of us used to conventional chairs, and the seat will probably look too short when properly set, but the short seat depth is very important. It is much better to have the seat too short than too deep.
The footrest depth is correct when its front edge is directly above the front edge of the chair (4). It is important that the front edge of the footrest is not further forward than the front edge of the chair to keep it stable when your child stands on the footrest. (Standing on the footrest is an important part of using the chair.)
Re-tighten all screws twice a year, as you adjust the chair for growth.
If the depth of the seat is set correctly (i.e. very short), it should be easy to lift the child in and out of the chair with the Baby Set front rail in place.
NB: If you have purchased the optional cushion set, we recommend delaying the use of the seat cushion part until your child is out of nappies and you are also no longer using the Baby Set front rail.This will save on washing too!
We recommend using the Stokke Harness, which we supply separately. We strongly suggest having two so that your child is safe while one is being washed.
The footrest is used as the seat. The child's seat and lower steel rod may be removed.
