Chow Down: 11 Terrific Mealtime Tools for Toddlers

Find yourself dining with a toddler with some regularity these days? Check out these tools that'll make mealtimes easier for you and more exciting for your little eater.

By Tinybeans Team February 15, 2016

Editor’s Note, November 2018: For our most up-to-date story on awesome utensils and tools for kids mealtime, click here for our most recent coverage.

You chop their food into little pieces. You’ve had food flung at your head. You spend a good portion of your time wiping down the floors, walls, and cabinets. Are you: A) the lead nutritionist at a zoo, or B) the parent of a toddler during meal times? Assuming the answer is in fact, B, then perk up, buttercup! We’ve got a dynamite list of tools to help make “feeding times” easier for you and more fun for the wild things in your life.

EZPZ Happy Mat

Instead of figuring out how to get the plate to stay on the placemat, the folks at EZPZ have designed a plate that is part of the placemat. Why didn't we think of that? Not only does the silicone of the Happy Mat grip the table and make it difficult to upturn for all those dramatic eaters out there, but it also has three compartments for picky eaters who are left cold at the mere thought of swirled peas. And did you get a gander at the design of the compartmental trays on this thing? Yes, indeed, it does in fact, form a smiley face. Brilliant.

Available online at amazon.com
$24.99.

Photo: EZPZ

How do you manage mealtime mayhem with toddlers? What other gizmos should we add to our list? Tell us in our comments section below.

— Shelley Massey