Tag Archive: utensils

Skip the Plastic with Baby Led Weaning–Gear 101

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There are entire aisles in Target and Babies R Us full of “essential” baby dining products. There aren’t just cups – there are training cup SYSTEMS, with a variety of “stages” including endless combinations of removable handles, bottle nipple tops, sippy tops, straw tops, sport bottle tops, wide fat cups, tall skinny cups, and so…

More spoon work

Mmmm, delicious

Ben is getting much better with the spoon! Well, he is getting better at knowing how to get the spoon into the yogurt to reload it himself. He’s still quite messy, but that’s to be expected. I’m very proud of how quickly he is learning to use the spoon on his own. Who knows, maybe…

Learning to use a spoon

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Today Ben had his first experience with trying to use a spoon. I am taking full advantage of the beautiful Florida weather to teach him messier skills outside. For spoon practice, we climbed into a plastic pool with a container of berry-flavored greek yogurt. I preloaded the spoon and touched it to his mouth so…