Solid Food for Babies - Best Utensils & Links

Solid Food for Babies - Best Utensils & Links

I am that person who feels ready to tackle a task once I have the right tools and for weaning, it's been no different. In school, particularly at the start of a new year, I was very excited to have my folder, pencils and other stationery laid out in front of me. I probably spent more time than normal arranging them on the desk (stalling!), before I actually got down to work or study. Weaning has brought back all those memories, as I arranged, bowl, spoon, cup etc ready for Coco's first day of solids. I'm excited to share all those details on Monday's post, till then, I love the look of these products to get your baby started on solids!

Spoons
The best ones for starting out on solid foods seem to be the soft ones, which are kind to your baby's tender gums. Long handles are very popular too - easy for Mum to use and easy for baby to hold too, once they're at that stage.

1.Boon Squirt food dispensing spoon

2.Baby 4+ Weaning spoons by M&S

3.Vital soft tip weaning spoons

4.Tommee Tippee explora weaning spoons

Sippy cups
There are  different sippy cups on offer for different stages of your baby's development. They start with a bottle with two handles, can move on to using a one handled bottle with a straw and then a regular cup. There are various options in between also, such as a cup with two handles, it really depends on how you want to stagger or whether you feel ready to let them go wild (and messy) with an actual cup from early on. The list below is for the first sip cup baby uses. Again, you want the spout to be soft and pliable, if possible.

1.Tommee Tippee soft spout explora

2.Boon fluid sippy cup

3.Oxo tot sip cup

4.Lansinoh Momma non spill cup

5.Philips Avent Classic spout cup

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Actual cups
The guidance per the NHS (and also the American Dental Association), is that by your child's first birthday, they should have transitioned to an actual cup and no longer use a bottle or sip cup. This is to prevent tooth decay, as children often suck on sweetened drinks from their sip cup for prolonged hours in the day, mainly for comfort, and this has led to some young children having to have decayed teeth removed.

The Bickiepegs Doidy cup is a clever cup that can be used from three months, if you want to cut out sippy cups and go straight to an actual cup. It has a clever design - a slanted style, which makes it easier for babies to drink from the rim. Or you can introduce it when you are trying to get baby to swap to an actual cup, before their first birthday.

The Baby Bjorn cup is an alternative which is designed to make it easier for babies to hold it. Taking the lid off one of your 'baby' sip cups, would also work.

Bowls
With bowls and actually, all plastic utensils, you are looking for a sign on the packaging that tells you the product is BPA* free. If you get bowls with lids, in a set, then you could use them for storing baby foods to take on trips out or for storage in your fridge and use them to feed baby at home too. Bowls with suction at the bottom are also helpful for baby's trying to feed themselves. in their high chair. Another option is divider plates, would work perfectly for starting baby with small pieces of food.

1.Vital baby unbelievabowl set

2. Munchkin stay put suction bowl

3. Munchkin stack a bowl

4. Philipps Avent divider plates

5.TommeeTippee explora section plates

There it is.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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*Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used to make some plastic.  It is suspected to be hazardous to foetus, infants and children, and although it is likely that it is safe to use at low levels, it is recommended that adults and children use BPA free products.
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The Introducing Solid Foods Series:

Part I - Signs baby is ready for solids

Part II - Why wait till 6 months

Part III - Best utensils to buy (current post)

Part IV - Options for first food & our experience (coming soon)

Solid Food for Babies - Best Utensils & Links