droolicious : feeding babies

Dining Out with Kids: Chalkboard Placemat

elizabeth leach — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

With a chalkboard placemat, you can protect your kids from restaurant germs and occupy them so you can enjoy your meal. One side is erasable chalkboard and the other is a placemat that can be easily wiped clean. There's even a little pocket to hold the chalk.

Find this and many other chalkboard placemats at Bushel and Peck Baby on Etsy for $10 each. Pick up a matching bib ($7), too, to complete your dining out ensemble! Get your chalkboard placemat personalized for $5 more!

Open Wide for the Chew Chew Spoon

Aaron Burgess — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Take the old game of choo-choo to new levels with the Chew Chew Spoon, which mounts a Brio-worthy beech-wood train (airplane and racecar versions are also available) onto the spoon's handle. You can remove each vehicle for easy washing, although there's no guarantee you'll get it back once the kids discover they can remove it, too.

$22 Canadian (around $18 U.S.) at Up to You Toronto.

First Look: Boon Saucer

Nicole Feliciano — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:50:00 GMT

Though not extraterrestrial, this new stay-put plate from Boon is a heavenly addition to your kitchen.

Dinner can be an action packed event with toddlers around. To prevent flying peas and projectile pasta, the folks at Boon have just introduced a new plate. Thanks to a grippy bottom, it’s tricky for tiny digits to achieve “lift of” and send this plate into orbit. Boon’s Saucer ($5.99) features an edgeless design. The result is good news for your and your floors.

The sleek and contemporary designs come in two color combinations: white/orange and white/pink. Picky eaters take heart. Boon has the “chicken can’t ever touch the potatoes” crowd covered; the plate has three dividers to keep flavors from seeping into the wrong zone. Bon appetite!

No Space for a Huge High Chair?

Cathy Hale — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:00:00 GMT

If you have multiple little mouths to feed every day and not enough room for multiple big high chairs, Phil & Ted’s makes a spiffy portable seat that might be exactly what you need. The Metoo Seat & Eat Travel Seat is a lightweight, portable high chair that is as practical as it is simple.

Made of high quality aluminum & nylon, it fits easily onto most tables and provides an instant place for your youngster at meal times whether at home, a restaurant or on vacation. And your little ones will love eating at the same level of mommy and daddy. Since it attaches to the table, there is no messy tray to clean up! The seats colors are navy blue, red or black. $50

Giveaway: Win a 4-Pack of Designer Bibs from DaBib! (Ends Oct. 31)

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:32:00 GMT

It may have a goofy name, but with its baby-soft microfiber face, waterproof back, reversible crumb catcher, and patent-pending, Velcro "Scrunch" collar through which no food can escape, DaBib is a smartly designed way to keep kiddoes clean and stylish at feeding time. (For extra peace of mind, it's also certified lead-free and non-toxic.)

We're giving away a 4-pack of DaBibs in various styles (a $52 value) to one lucky drool.icio.us reader. To enter, just drop an email with the subject "DaBib Giveaway" to dabibcontest@gmail.com. Include your name, address and daytime telephone number. One winner will be selected at random on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Good luck!

Double Take: Boon's Innovative New Feeding Gadgets

Aaron Burgess — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:08:00 GMT

In March, Greg Allen wrote at length about parent-run start-up Boon, noting the innovative, fashion-meets-function brand's push into major retail (namely Target). Next month, Boon will release a new batch of feeding gear that combines its trademark blend of efficiency, ergonomics and parental empathy with designs that, like the award-winning Frog Pod, may have you doing double-takes. Is that a toy iron or a no-spill toddler cup? A bedpan or a catch bowl? Melon scoopers or toddler-friendly utensils? A sex toy or a baby-food-dispensing spoon? In all seriousness, the line looks great; if only they were taking pre-orders...

The Baby Bistro Box: A Complete Guide to Healthy Feeding for Your Baby

aprilpeveteaux — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:58:00 GMT

This is a shower gift, plain and simple. While I did dig into this recipe box filled with advice on healthy eating from pregnancy until the baby’s first birthday, recipes included, no mom is going to have time to sit down with this during the first year of madness with the loudest and messiest roommate you’ve ever had. However, if you did get this from your Aunt Martha who is a sucker for a picture of a baby in a chef’s hat, here’s the skinny.

Likes:

Fishy Fish - a very detailed (and recently updated) look into the one food group that is either so good for you that your brain will explode with genius, or will kill you and your child. I’m always confused, and the people behind the box took the time to lay it all on the line. The information I got from my midwife wasn’t this extensive.

Choking Checks – a list of foods you might think you can feed your baby when they start solids, but are actually accidents waiting to happen.

Opt for Organic - advice on when to splurge on organic and when to protect your wallet.

Dislikes:

Monster Meats – deli meats, hot dogs, bacon, sausage and cured meats are all on the ‘no’ list until your babe is two-years-old. Mostly don’t like this because it makes me go, “Oops.”

Never Nuts – I know this is a serious issue, but my one-year-old loved her some peanut butter upon first lick. Depriving her of the luscious protein-packed delicacy for a whole other year while her mother was eating it in front of her by the spoonful would have been cruel.

Get your own box here.