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.

Tommee Tippee Spill-Free Cups

Sippy cup? Who? Me? Forget it, dad! Just when you think you've got the transition from bottle to cup covered, it's time to lose the lid. Instead of buying a billion different cups and lids for each of your growing toddler's needs, pick up a set of Tommee Tippee's new line of transition cups, which come with interchangeable bases and lids for every stage from ages 4 months to over a year. Cupboards and cabinets, rejoice!

Available online at amazon.com
$18.25 for a set of 2.

Photo: Tommee Tippee

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