Can anyone help me find a cheaper one of these?

[ljt2r]

I just saw this tonight in the Williams and Sonoma catalog. I LOVE it. DD#1 helps me in the kitchen all the time and has indeed fallen off of the stool once. However I just cannot imagine paying this much for this right now--has anyone ever seen an "off brand" or even plastic kids' stool for the kitchen?

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku5127584/index.cfm?pkey=xsrd0m1%7C16%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7C%7C% 7C%7C%7Cthe%20learning%20tower&cm%5Fsrc=SCH

ETA I did find this one also, which is cheaper, but I still would not mind plastic and even cheaper, you know?:

http://www.amazon.com/GuideCraft-G97325-Guidecraft-Kitchen-Helper/dp/B000SQNAQC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1201146589&sr=8-1

[Terri_A]

I've never seen that stool in plastic, only wood...but here's one that's about $60 cheaper.

http://www.heirloomwoodentoys.com/The-Kitchen-Helper-pr-18779.html?MMCF_SafetyStools.com

[Chelle D]

My DS (almost 3) likes to help quite ofen in the kitchen too. Most of the time, I will just haul a chair over and put the back of the chair to whatever side is the side he could fall from. For instance, he will have a counter on one side and me on the other, so the chair back will be behind him....

I also have a regular wooden step stool like this one from Target that we use in the kitchen sometimes.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31PGXT27PHL._SS260_.jpg

[lisas3575]

Gertdog found a learning tower on Craigslist for pretty cheap. They are pretty popular, so I'd think the availability of a used one would be pretty good.

[ljt2r]

Gertdog found a learning tower on Craigslist for pretty cheap. They are pretty popular, so I'd think the availability of a used one would be pretty good.

Hey good idea--I never think of that. When I get home tomorrow (I am my parents' tonight) I am going to do a search....

[PurplePotato]

Oh my gosh, I love that! I might have to get it.:D