thinkbaby BPA Free Feeding Set

I have written about thinkbaby before. thinkbaby is a socially responsible company dedicated to making products with a small carbon footprint, and that are environmentally sound and safe for you to use. They make products for parents and children and are dedicated to making items that keep you safe from harsh chemicals and additives that are in so many of our daily products.

I have fallen in love with the thinkbaby BPA Free Feeding Set. It comes with a Bento box, soup bowl, baby bowl, kid’s cup, fork and spoon. The set is made from highly sustainable materials. The Bento box is air tight and all of the containers come with a lid.
The bento box, baby bowls, and Kid’s cup are made from food grade stainless steel and then wrapped in polypropylene. This set is also free from melamine which is known to leach harmful chemicals into foods. This set can literally be used from the moment your child can have solids, through adulthood.

When it arrived, it caused a stir in my home. My husband went to grab it, assuming it was for a delicious home-packed meal for him to take to work. Alas, Productbaby was faster! She snatched it up and demanded it be filled with, and I quote "delicious food." She was even more thrilled for a "big kid cup" which is the perfect small size to have her drink with at the table. The cup has a TPR handle and it wonderful for warm or cold liquids. This is the perfect set for picnics, school lunches, traveling...you name it.

We usually picnic quite a bit, even in winter, but we have been covered with snow for weeks, so we had our own lunch picnic indoors. The Bento box was perfect for organic turkey slices and celery root puree with chives. The larger bowl fit a whole sliced apple with lemon juice to boost flavor and stop oxidation. The smaller bowl was filled with organic Greek yogurt and garnished with blueberries. The cup was the perfect size for some herbal lemon tea with lemon honey sweetner (and of course a straw from Glass Dharma). We made a day of pretending to go on a journey, and this meal capped off the day (and traveled well in the lunch bag my child insisted I pack).

This set with last a lifetime, and grow with your child. Finally a company that really thinks about your baby!

EIO Kids Cup Giveaway!

I do not know even one parent of young children who does not use some kind of straw or sippy cup for their child. Whether your are using plastic or steel cups, the cost adds up quickly. With each of these cups, you are also forced to clean out particles of mold and what-not that get into the valves and straws. Kathy Haskell, a mom of two, looked for a solution, and she came up with the EIO Kids Cup. Her children started drinking from 8 oz. glass jam jars. These jam jars were non-toxic and cost-friendly. With her husband, they created a user-friendly cap and sleeve to protect the glass in the cup. Voila! A Glass dinner-time training cup.
We like having our daughter using glass, like we do, at our dinner table. We also realize she is a toddler and throws, or spills things, so this cup is perfect.
The EIO Kids Cup
is a spout-free, valve-free cup made without BPA, Phthalates and PVC, and is designed to transition young children properly from bottles to real glass dinnerware. Sippy cup spouts and valves necessitate a bottle-like sucking motion, but EIO’s unique cap promotes correct sipping, quickly and with less mess! Product baby loves it, and it has become her water-by-her-bed cup for nighttime.

EIO is giving away one cup for a lucky Product Mommy reader!
Giveaway Rules:
You must be a follower of Product Mommy.
This contest is only open to US readers. All entries must be received by 11:59pm on August 3, 2010. Please include your email address in each entry. A winner will be chosen at random. I will notify the winner on August 4, 2010 via email (please respond within 48 hours) and EIO Kids Cup will be mailed directly from EIO.

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Tinytongs...making eating easier!

Tinytongs is an eating utensil created by two parents who were frustrated watching their three children eat. The transition from finger eating to using traditional utensils was not going smoothly. As any parent knows, it can be tricky for young children to keep the food on the fork or spoon. So they created Tinytongs. Tinytongs are ergonimically shaped for children, and have a non-slip grip. They have posable grip ends to fit the pinch of the gripper to the child using it. It allows the child to easily get a bite-sized amount into their mouths, as the bottom is fork-like and grips the food. Tinytongs are completely free of sharp edges and are non-toxic, dishwasher safe and are lead, BPA and phthalate free.

When I was first sent Tinytongs, I was a little skeptical. I could not imagine how it would make mealtime easier, as I figured my two year old would have a hard time figuring it out. Turns out, i was very very wrong. She was easily able to grasp her food. She ate blueberries, which usually slip all over, quite easily with the Tinytongs. I put them to the ultimate test of eating slippery kiwi, and it was a breeze for her. I know she enjoyed getting the food into her mouth without dropping it like she would with a conventional fork.

Tongs are often used in pre-schools to help children learn to use their pincer grip and develop their skill of holding pens and pencils to write. You will see children using tongs to pick up beads and little pieces etc. By using Tinytongs, you are actually helping develop not only better eating habits, but also their ability to write properly by practicing that grip.

This is a perfect stocking-stuffer, and something you will definitely want to get more than one of. And Product Mommy readers can get a 20% discount on their order at Tinytongs.com by using code pm20.

Silikids

In response to the medical worries over certain plastics in food and beverage containers, two mothers got together in 2006 to create Silikids. Silikids is a range of Silicone products for children from knee pads for crawlers to bottles, Silicone sleeves and now a toddler drinking glass. Why silicone? Well Silicone in non-toxic, hypo allergenic and it does not harbor or promote bacteria and fungus growth, which also means no odor. You can boil it to sterilize it and it is dishwasher and washer/dryer safe (for the bibs and knee pads). Best of all it is BPA, lead, PVC and phathalate free. Silicone is made from silicon which is a natural element and one of the most abundant on earth. It does not decompose but is recyclable (mainly through speciality recycling facilities) but you can send your products back to Silikids and they will recycle it for you. Because of its durability you can reuse it again and again so there is less waste.

We got the try try the Siliskin glass. It is a 6 oz. silicone covered glass. I am sure you have all had that toddler moment where they want to do what you are doing. Whenever we ate dinner, my daughter stole my glass, because she did not want her covered straw cup. I was worried she would break the glass. This is the perfect solution. Because it is silicone covered it makes it easier for them to hold and protects the glass in case it is (inevitably) dropped. I am not saying you would do this because the glass could break, but I threw mine to test it out, and it simply bounced. My daughter loves feeling like she is a big girl drinking from her own glass.

Whatever your child's age, there is a Silikids product to fit. They are all super affordable and make great gifts for new moms, or even stocking stuffers for your little ones. Say goodbye to plastic!

Coupon: For Product Mommy readers from now until 12/31/2009 you can use code OHBABY for a 15% discount off of any order from www.silikids.com