It is well known that babies and toddlers thrive on many smaller meals or feeds a day rather than three square meals so deciding which baby feeding products are going to be the most practical and will fit in with your routine is essential. There is a huge range of baby feeding equipment available such as the essentials like a bottle sterilizer, baby bottles and sippy cups for toddlers. Companies are creating new products all the time to make feeding your baby even easier (and less messy!) all the time. Here is a selection of some of the types of baby feeding items that are most popular at the moment.
Thinkbaby BPA Free Feeding Set, Orange
This is a new style baby feeding set from thinkbaby, it is free of BPA, PVC, phthalates, lead, and melamine and this set contains a baby bowl, soup bowl, bento box (all come with lids), cup, fork, and spoon. A nice choice in bright orange and made to last many years, this would make an ideal gift for a new baby or a toddler.
Philips Avent Infant Bottle Starter Set, BPA Free
Avent baby feeding bottles are probably one of the most popular baby feeding choices for parents, One of the biggest advantages of the Avent baby feeding range is that you can get almost everything you need to feed your baby and each product from the range works with all the others, meaning you can use everything together. Avent bottled can be used with a different teat to transform them into baby’s first beaker etc.
As a parent of three I chose the Avent range for the simple convienience of having a feeding set that adapted as my babies grew, the baby bottles convert nicely into sippy cups, the avent breast pump can attach to the bottles to express directly into the bottle and if you buy the breast pump set you will get everything you need to do this including bottle lids for easy storage of expressed milk. There are also excellent disposable storage cups with an adapter that attach to the pump too which means there is no need to transfer milk. The plastic storage cups can be frozen too making it an ideal choice. The breast pump also fits into the sterilizer.
Overall I have found Avent to be the best baby feeding set, after trying out numerous others, I always ran into problems and ended up purchasing Avent in the end. It is also one of the most affordable choices because of the extended life of the sets and the fact that you will only need to buy add ons occassionaly instead of a whole new set when your baby gets older.
KidCo Baby Steps Basic Natural Feeding System
The First Years Take & Toss Feeding Variety Pack 28 pc.
This is a great on-the-go baby feeding system, Although the product is described as disposable, in reality these baby feeding cups and bowls (with lids) are all washable and can all be used many times. The bowls come in two sizes and are great for storing baby food at home and for feeding baby on the go. A great value product.
I have gone through three of these packs in total, although I only discovered them when I had my second child, they were absolutely brilliant. I could bring them anywhere but they were of most use at home. My children loved the colorful sippy cups and the bowls were extremely useful for food storage, an ideal size for both babies and toddlers.
Podee Double Pack Feeding System
I havent tried these personally but a friend who has twins has given them a glowing review so I thought I would include them in this list. I can see the benefit for babies who are not yet able to hold their own bottle or for babies who are fond of throwing their bottles from the stroller.
Baby feeding products are of course essential but not all are practical or needed, when you are deciding on what to buy, decide on a few basics, it is a good idea to buy only one feeding bottle for example to try out, newborn babies especially can have problems when trying to adjust to a new bottle, or sometimes a type of teat will not suit them, if you only buy one and it does not seem to be suiting your baby then at least you can change it and buy a different brand until you find the one that both you and your baby are happy with.