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All the feeding gear for mealtime with your older babies or toddler
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By Molly Bradac and BabyGearLab Review Team ⋅ Aug 12, 2024
Gearing up to feed your older baby or toddler? You've come to the right place! You will need child-appropriate gear for this next stage of feeding. We've got the insider details on all the best baby feeding gear from top-ranked baby food makers to plates, baby spoons to sippy cups, and everything else in between.
So, this is where our expertise helps.
Our list focuses on our favorite feeding gear for babies and toddlers, highlighting only the absolute finest products that are high-performing among the competition. Our team at BabyGearLab extensively and exhaustively tests baby gear of all kinds for years. We've researched the most compelling products on the market and purchased each competitor for hands-on testing for each review. It's our goal to find the best and weed out those who fall short so you can feel confident about what you're purchasing, given your needs and budget. We update this list when a new product outshines the competition in that category is available.
Looking for a Younger Baby?
We've also tested a plethora of gear for nursing and bottle-feeding little ones who aren't ready for purees and solids. If your little one is under 6 months, you might be interested in our nursing and feeding gear list of favorites. There, we include items like baby bottles, the best breast pumps, nursing pillows, and more.
Editor's Note: We updated this article on August 12, 2024, to incorporate our latest picks for Sippy Cups.
The Abiie high chair is a quality chair with long-term potential and easy-to-use features.
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Baby Mealtime
Set your baby up for mealtime success by gathering some feeding essentials. With the right gear, mealtime can be fun.
Baby Bib
There's no doubt babies are messy eaters. The best baby bib can help catch the mess, minimize clothing stains, and limit outfit changes throughout the day. We suggest a silicone bib for mealtime because it's quick to clean and dry and catches what doesn't make it into your baby's mouth.
A quality top-ranked high chair is a big-ticket item, but it's worth the investment if you eat traditional meals or are worried about containing mealtime mess.
While plenty of store-bought baby food options are available, making your own allows you to control what ingredients go inside. If preparing baby food is your preference, we've tested and reviewed the most efficient tools to streamline the process.
Baby Food Maker
The best baby food maker can help you prepare baby food with less effort and hassle.
A functional and versatile food storage container can make all the difference when storing baby food and keeping it fresh. We appreciate those with eco-healthy materials and portion sizes that fit your growing baby's appetite.
Our favorite snack catchers provide your baby or toddler with a way to carry and be responsible for their own on-the-go snacking. It also helps teach hand-to-eye coordination.
If your child is used to eating in a highchair, a top-ranked portable high chair or the best table booster seat can be an excellent solution to providing a designated spot for meals while traveling.
Between outdoor adventures, activities, and school, packing food and snacks in a top-ranked lunch box for kids is necessary to satisfy appetites while bouncing from place to place. We've tested some of the best options on the market and provide recommendations to help you decide.
Whether you're introducing solid foods to your baby or your child's a more advanced eater, our comprehensive list of feeding gear includes products for every family. Looking for something that's not here? We've likely reviewed it too, including diapering must-haves, strollers for every occasion, and nursery gear.
