Summer means vacation and travel, coping with the sticky-fingered set in gas-station restrooms and snack stops that might not be up to your finicky-parent standards. Here are a few helpers to tuck along in the name of cleanliness.

• There are lots of portable high chairs that snap on to table edges, but this one by Me Too folds up to 1-inch thick, weighs only 2 pounds and tucks into a diaper bag. Made with a nylon seat, it holds up to 40 pounds and is immersible for cleaning. $44.95 at the online store at www.babycenter.com.

• The Clean Diner is Baby Ease LLC's answer to grimy restaurant wooden high chairs. The cotton quilted fabric covers the entire seating area and can be slapped on in less than 10 seconds using only one hand. $22.95 at www.cleanshopper.com or (800) 635-3899.

• Kipiis bib clip is a plastic clasp and two flexible thermoplastic rubber antennae with clips on the ends (like a dentists' bib) that turns anything at hand - from napkin to paper towel, diaper, newspaper - into an instant bib. The brightly colored bib clips, which fit easily into a purse, are at www.kipiis.com or (888) 240-1112.

• Zeets Disposable Potty Seats take the icky factor out of pit stops of desperation. Just fold the 7-by-61/4-by-11/2-inch Zeets seat and tuck under the seat edge and it will accommodate pint-size fannies up to 40 pounds. It even has handles for little fingers to hold on to. Five seats per carton. $12.99 per box at www.breastfeedingexpress.com or www.pottytrainingsolutions.com or (866) 469-3387.