Throughout the food diversification led by the child, the cutlery will gradually appear at meals. How to know which ones to choose to start the BLW with baby? We give you all our advice to find the best!
The appearance of cutlery at meals
The different cutlery will gradually arrive at mealtime.
From the start of the BLW , it will be possible to offer smooth baby textures using pre-filled spoons . This technique consists in filling the spoon with mash and letting baby bring it alone to his mouth . Over time, your little one will manage to fill his spoon himself as a big one. Obviously, smooth textures can also be offered on carriers at the start, in order to let baby focus on the essentials: their meal.
It is only around the age of 12 months that the fork will appear during meals. Its use requires a little more coordination of movements than the pre-filled spoon and at the beginning of BLW , the fine motor skills of baby is not yet very developed. Just like the spoon, it will be possible, at first, to prick a food on the fork and to let baby bring it independently to his mouth . In a second step, your little end will eat alone by pricking foods like a big one!
Baby perfect cutlery
There are so many different covers for baby that it is quickly possible to get lost in this wide choice. In general, baby's cutlery must fulfill two criteria .
First of all, the cutlery will have to be ergonomic so that baby can easily take them in hand without difficulty. There will be nothing more frustrating for baby than not to keep your cutlery well to eat independently.
Then it will be important to pay attention to the material of the covers of baby. At the beginning of the BLW much softer BPA -free silicone cutlery for fragile gums . It was only later that the stainless steel cutlery , like those of the big ones, can be given to baby during meals.
To properly choose the cutlery, it is also advisable to focus on other points of attention so that they are well suited to your small end.
To adapt in the best way to the mouth of your little one , the spoons will have to be small and shallow . It is also possible to choose flat spoons promoting autonomy during meals since there are no bad or good manners to catch them. The fork should be able to sting properly in food so as not to frustrate baby when he saw the food falling from his cover by raising it.
You now have all the information you need to find the best cutlery for your little one!
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