Tip for cleaning high chair buckle straps

Grime. Caked on goo. Breeding ground for germs and bacteria. Sticky, icky mess. In other words, the buckle straps on my little one’s high chair.

For the longest, I struggled with how to clean them. I would rub, wipe and rub some more but to no avail. Nothing worked. I was embarassed by it when company came calling and even more disgusted to think my offspring had to use them for each and every meal.

Then – light bulb moment! I filled a plastic tupperware dish with a mixture of water, dish detergent (just a drop) and vinegar. I set the bowl in the chair and put the straps into the dish, soaking for 30 minutes. When I came back, everything wiped off clean and looked good as new with hardly any effort.

This idea would work great on car seat straps as well.  Any mom or dad knows how grungy those can get.