Baby stuff: eating in the later months

High chair - We waited until Lillie had started solid foods before we went searching for a high chair. There were so many other things to think about before she arrived and we knew we wouldn't need it for a few months so we waited.  Then in December she started eating her rice cereal and we suddenly needed a chair ... the search began.  I looked at a bunch of different chairs but kept coming back to the one we finally bought: the Graco Blossom 4 in 1.

1 - We love that it works as a high chair, we can change the height to have it high when we were feeding her and low now that we slide it up to the table.  I liked that the wheels make it possible to move it easily around the kitchen. 

2 - The seat is removable and can be taken with us, snapped onto the booster, and buckled onto any chair or even just placed on the floor.  This is great for traveling to a friends house. 

3 - There are 3 different trays.  A snack tray, a regular tray, and a clear tray cover.  It is a bit excessive to have all 3 most of the time but there have been messy nights when we used all 3.  It it nice to have the large tray for most meals but sometimes it is nice to have the smaller one (esp when traveling.)

4 - The booster seat.  It is nice having the booster seat available when friends come to visit us and now that we are starting to transition to the booster with Lil it is here and readily available. 

Silverware - I saw these in the store and thought they looked good but it wasn't until after bringing them home I fell in love with them.  I love that they rest flat on the table and don't roll around.  I love that they have an arch up off the table so it is easy for Lillie to grab them.  I like the chunky handle that is rubberized and easy for Lillie to hold.  They float in the sink so we don't lose them on the bottom. The tines on the fork are rounded so they won't hurt when eating but also not so large that they don't pick up food (which has happened with other kids utensils).


*** When buying gifts for baby showers I came across infant feeding spoons too.  I haven't used them but think I will pick some up for baby #2 if we are so blessed.

Plates & bowls - We had a few different types of plates and bowls.  We had the kind that suction to the table. Those were great briefly but eventually they lost their ability to suction and/or Lil figured out how to remove them.

We had some that had separate compartments and that is nice for certain meals but we didn't find it to be a necessity.

We had some with rubber bottoms.  They didn't suction to the table but they also didn't slide all over the place.  The rubber bottom helps to keep them stable and fairly stationary.   We did enjoy this one by OXO tot. The top rim is removable if you don't want it or can be used to help children guide the food onto the spoon or fork.





We had a variety of bowls and found the ones we prefered the most either had a lid to close when traveling and/or handles to make it easier to grasp when dealing with a squirming infant/toddler.

Snack cups - The first snack cup we had wasn't really a snack cup.  It is really intended to hold premeasured formula.  we use it to store a variety of small snacks.  The compartments make it easy to have a few different kinds of things to snack on.  The small hole at the top makes it harder to get the snacks/ takes longer to eat slower. 




The snack catcher - This cup was great.  The handles makes it easy for little hands to hold.  The lid keeps the snacks in if it tips over but allows for little hands to reach in for a yummy treat.