Bottles, spoons, colorful plates - baby dishes on the shelves of stores are so attractive and diverse! How to choose cutlery for children: bottles, drinkers and nipples?
Now on sale you can find children's dishes for every taste and a purse - for newborns and older children. Let's see what is really needed, and without which you can do without. Bottles
Note: if the baby is breastfed, the bottle will not be useful. Even if you need to feed the crumb (with mixed nutrition) or give him a medicine, it is better to do it from a cup or spoon. When choosing bottles, pay attention to the material from which they are made. For their production, plastic or glass is used. Glass is more durable, and plastic ones are safer and lighter. It will be easier for Kroha to keep such a bottle in hand.
Both glass and plastic bottles can be sterilized. To do this, use a special device - a sterilizer, but you do not need to purchase it. A steamer or simply a saucepan in which the bottles can be boiled is suitable. The wide neck of the bottle greatly facilitates the care of it.
The shape of the bottle can be different - both traditional and figured. Rounded with a hole in the middle ("bagel") is convenient for those kids who try to keep the bottle on their own.
A bottle in the form of an hourglass is also easier to grasp and not drop - both to mom and toddler. Some manufacturers offer special curved bottles, which are also called "anti-coil bottles." The special form eliminates the possibility of swallowing air and reduces the risk of colic.The grading on the walls of the bottle should be clear and understandable, this is very important for children being fed. infants fit small bottles (125 ml), and the same dish of a larger volume is intended for grown-up babies.
Some manufacturers supply their bottles with a special temperature sensor - it changes color if the milk or mixture is too hot.
Nipples
Having chosen a bottle, do not forget about the nipple. But how to choose a cutlery for children: a bottle, a drinker and a pacifier, if their circle is so diverse and large? For example, nipples are latex and silicone. Latex is a natural rubber that can cause an allergic reaction.
Nipples vary in size and number of holes (one to three holes) - this is what determines the flow rate of the fluid. For newborns get a pacifier with one hole, and for older children - with two or three. Thick porridge is best given through a special pacifier with an enlarged orifice. There are also universal nipples, in which the flow rate is regulated by simply turning the bottle. Often a baby during feeding tries to grab a bottle with a mixture or milk. Do not leave the child alone - he can drop the bottle or choke. Confidently keep in the hands of a bottle of food kids can by 7-8 months, and now you can replace the bottle on a drinker or even a cup.
Dumplings
Many firms produce accessories with which the favorite baby bottle can be turned into a drink. Purchase removable handles, as well as a spout with a non-spout valve as a replacement for the nipple. Nozzles on the bottles are different: soft - for those. who only learns to use the pointer, hard - for "advanced users." A special detachable valve will not allow the drinks to spill, even if the baby drops the drinker. Manufacturers produce watering bottles with a weighted bottom - these models are more stable, they are more difficult to turn. a kid who is just learning how to use it The best material for a child's drinker is plastic Let's crumb just play with a drinker without even filling it with liquid So the child learns to learn the right way ivat his mug, bring it to his mouth.
A cup
When you notice that the baby is coping successfully with the drinker, it is worthwhile to offer him to try drinking from a cup. Usually the baby begins to strive to drink "as big" at one-year-old age or a little earlier.If it's better to use plastic utensils at first, pour a little liquid first-one or two throats, gradually increasing the volume, sometimes the kids want to drink on their own, but not out of their own, and from the parent's cup.Do not prevent it, hedge, help the crumb, praise it.If you decide to teach the child to drink from the cup, then offer a little drink during each of the meals.Slowly it will be possible to replace the plastic cup by beautiful porcelain or porcelain.
Plate
When the crumb turns six months old, most parents begin to introduce complementary foods. This means that it's time to buy a set of children's dishes - a small plate, fork and spoon. Well, if the children's plate is bright and cute - and baby, and you should like it.
Often children's dishes are equipped with suction cups that fix the dishes on the table, preventing the active crumb from turning over and dropping the plate with food. Thick walls of children's dishes allow food to stay warm for a long time. Some models have a double bottom with a special cork - you can pour inside warm water, which will warm up the porridge or mashed potatoes. Funny picture on the bottom of the plate will make the dinner much more exciting, because it's so interesting to find out who hid under soup or potatoes! There are plates that are separated by partitions into several parts. They are convenient to put several types of food - for testing, which will give an opportunity to introduce the crumb with different tastes. A lid for a children's plate is not an obligatory, but convenient accessory.
Cutlery
The first spoon should be convenient not only for the child, but also for the parents who feed him. Often spoons for the first complementary meal are of a curved shape - it's easier to feed a small fidget. Children's cutlery made of metal or plastic is made. Often the metal remains only the "working part" of a spoon or fork, and the handle is made of polymer materials.There are also other options: the tip of a metal spoon is covered with a silicone "case", in this case the metal does not damage the sensitive gums of your baby.
Most often, the first spoon for crumbs is more a toy than a cutlery. At feeding it is possible to arm with two spoons - one give to the kid, and the second feed it. A fork is usually purchased complete with a spoon, but use it for about 2 years. Approximately to this age, many children are trained to eat independently.
Immediately it is worth explaining to the kid that the fork is a rather dangerous thing, which can be injured. Show that the fork (like a spoon) is not kept in the fist. Demonstrate how to properly puncture the pieces of food on the teeth. You can offer a child's knife to a 3-year-old child.
Tell us how to properly hold a knife, suggest cutting something yourself - it can be a piece of cheese, pancakes or cheese cake.
Encourage the desire to eat the baby yourself. Help the crumb by directing its handle with a spoon to your mouth. Do not be frightened if half of the portion is on the table, and another quarter is on the floor. Do not scold crumbs for untidiness, praise if the baby eats carefully.
By the way, keep a clean special children's apron - with or without sleeves. Some breastplates have a pocket where food pieces and drops of liquid fall. Aprons are made of synthetic materials, easily washable and easy to care for. Many babies do not want to eat themselves. Do not worry. More often, put the child at the table with the rest of the family: a family meal will help stimulate the child's interest in food. It's great if your kid sees a peer who tries or already knows how to eat on his own. Do not insist, if the little one could not eat the whole portion himself - perhaps he is tired or the portion is too large. Help the child to finish eating, that is, feed him, but do not force him to eat, if he does not want. Beautiful dishes, clean napkin, delicious food - let each meal for your baby be pleasant and desirable!