down to retrieve lost spoons and plates.There are quite a few devices on the market which aim to make dinners a more pleasureable experience, but we love this Stay-Put Cutlery + Bowl set from Ezee-reach.Whilst many bowls come with rubbery bottoms

or even water (which many baby foods are full of), all the purees are completely spoon so they’re perfect from the first weaning stage, but can also be added to other foods when you want to add more texture. They are pasteurised, so they last well (up

If spooning yoghurt or fromage frais is simply too boring or messy for your toddler or child, you may well have already discovered the joy of yoghurt 'pouches' or squeezy tubes. However, Munch Bunch have taken the whole thing one step further

to spruce up your child’s room, their children’s lamps at £10, and the pint noticeboard at £13 are great. They also have some lively prints for bedding, and their children’s cutlery is classy but brilliantly priced (£2 for a knife, £1 spoon, £1 fork

, "Texture and flavour that exceeds any other ‘diet’ pud and a taste experience so great that every spoonful is a pleasure."The NOMOO range features: a sharing vanilla custard, retailing at £1.79 for 500g, and three tasty mousse desserts (chocolate, lemon

with anything more than a spoon.If he is a messy eater, don't chide him unless he is deliberately trying to avoid eating. In which case, calmly clear away and give him some of the food again, yourself. Perhaps he is not ready to feed himself.Few children become

for three- to five-year-olds.Price: £30Contact:Early Learning CentreEarly attempts at banging kitchen pots with wooden spoons soon sorts the maestros from the rockers. There are some great first drumkits, colour-keyboard pianos and plastic trumpets around

but your hands are busy holding a bowl of food and a spoon – and the base of the chair is formed by self-levelling feet.Because the chair can be adjusted as your child grows, you can use it well beyond the weaning period. Indeed, it is suitable for use from

teaset or a cash register – tea time and shopping are big parts of a child's life! The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Teapot is colourful, in durable plastic, and consists of four place settings with beaker and saucer, plate, knife, fork and spoon, a teapot

Gill Rapley, who is the deputy director of Unicef's Baby Friendly initiative, claims that feeding babies mushed up food from a spoon is not nautral and not needed, even when they are first weaning on to 'solids'.'Baby-Led Weaning'Although some