Baby led weaning is all about baby learning how to self feed, so are baby led weaning spoons really necessary? In our opinion, yes they are. Spoons are great for preloading foods such as porridge, yoghurt and soups and it’s great to get baby used to cutlery, way before they start using it properly.
There is so much choice out there when it comes to choosing the best spoon for baby led weaning, so here is a post of our favourite tried and tested baby led weaning spoons.
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Best Spoons for Baby Led Weaning
- Best for baby led weaning spoon for softness: Munchkin Soft Tip Infant Spoons
- Best eco-friendly baby led weaning spoon: Bamboo Bamboo
- Best baby led weaning spoon for on the go: OXO Tot On the Go Spoon
- Best baby spoon for heat sensoring: Tommee Tippee Heat Sensor Spoon
- Best baby led weaning spoon for self feeding: Choo Mee
- Best ergonomic baby led weaning spoon: Doddl
Let’s look at each one in turn!
Munchkin Soft Tip Infant Spoons
- MUNCHKIN SPOON SET: This essential baby feeding set of 6 spoons combines a smart baby weaning spoon design with flexible tips and long handles. Suitable for 4 months and over
- VERSATILE BABY PLASTIC SPOONS: Coming in six vibrant colours, the soft tips of the baby and toddler spoons are flexible yet strong. Featuring ergonomically designed easy-grip handles
- EASY CARE BABY FOOD SPOONS: These durable toddler and baby feeding spoons are top rack dishwasher safe and BPA-free. Great for boys or girls, for picnics, lunchboxes, at home or on the go
- THE PERFECT SIZE FOR LITTLE MOUTHS: The shallow spoon bowl is comfortable for babies and young children, and the soft tips are gentle on gums. Long handles are great for easier high chair feeding
- PART OF THE MUNCHKIN WEANING RANGE: Complete your baby weaning set with the Munchkin infant feeding and dinnerware range for babies and toddlers. Discover our matching plates, bowls and sippy cups
We started out using these baby spoons as they were brightly coloured, cheap and cheerful. They absolutely do the job and are perfect for preloading enough food for small mouths. They are super sturdy and dish washer friendly and we still have them in our drawer over two years later- they definitely stand the test of time. At around £3 for a pack of six, they’re an absolute bargain to boot!
Bamboo Bamboo Baby Feeding Spoons
- 🏆 Premium Baby Weaning Spoons: Our baby weaning spoons set of 2 provides the perfect solution for hassle-free feeding during the weaning stage.
- 🎋 Bamboo with Soft Silicone Tips: The spoons feature bamboo handles with soft silicone tips, ensuring a gentle and safe feeding experience.
- 🥄 Ergonomic Easy Grip Handles: The spoons are designed with ergonomic handles for easy grip and comfortable feeding for both babies and parents.
- 🌿 BPA-Free and Safe: Our weaning spoons are made from BPA-free materials, ensuring the utmost safety for your baby.
- ✅ Convenient Set of 2 Spoons: Each pack includes 2 spoons, providing an ideal quantity for your baby’s feeding needs.
This brand has really gained traction in the past couple of years thanks to beautiful baby led weaning Instagram accounts who showcase their beautiful suction plates and bowls. I was pleased to discover that Bamboo Bamboo now do spoons too which you can find on Amazon for £7.99 for two.
The spoons are lightweight, freezer and heat proof, stain resistant and made from bamboo which is biodegradable and a sustainable source seeing as bamboo can replenish itself within a year. The silicone tip is BPA free and soft and gentle in baby’s mouth. Pair it with a bowl or animal shaped plate and you’ll be posting insta-worthy shots of your baby eating in no time!
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OXO Tot On the Go Spoon
- Silicone Spoon feels soft on baby’s mouth and gums
- Soft edge effective for scrapes up food from bowls, or messy faces
- Compact case fits easily into diaper bags and lunchboxes for on-the-go meals
- Dishwasher safe
OXO Tot is one of our favourite brands, we’ve loved the toilet seat and step they do and they also do these gorgeous teal and raspberry on the go spoons! The baby led weaning spoon comes with a nifty travel case, perfect for throwing in your changing bag incase you need to do preloaded spoons on the go. It’s the perfect sized spoon for little mouths with a sturdy stainless steel core and a silicone coating so it’s lovely and gentle. At £4.50 for one spoon or around £6-7 for two spoons, the OXO Tot baby led weaning spoon is a decent price too.
Tommee Tippee Explora Heat Sensing Spoons
- Hygienic: Made with BACSHIELD antibacterial technology – reduces bacteria by up to 99.9%.* It prevents the growth of unwanted microbes that cause degradation, discoloration, staining and odour
- Heat-sensing technology: These heat sense weaning spoons change colour from red to yellow if food is too hot so you can tell at a glance when it’s safe to feed your baby and when it’s too hot
- Super-soft: The super-soft spoon tips are gentle on baby’s delicate mouth and gums
- Long anti-slip handles with raised spoon design: The long handles are perfect for easily reaching into food jars and the raised spoon design keeps the spoon bowl and food away from surfaces
- Easy clean & BPA free: These weaning spoons are easy to clean and also steriliser and dishwasher safe. All our products are BPA, BPS, PVC, phthalate and nitrosamine free
When it comes to offering things like preloaded spoons of porridge or soup, it can be hard to know if the food is at the right temperature for baby. Enter the Tommee Tippee heat sensing spoons which turn yellow if the food on them is far too hot. We used these baby led weaning spoons a lot with Dexter and loved the soft tip, the fact you can use them in the microwave and are dishwasher friendly as well as the peace of mind they gave us knowing we weren’t offering baby food that we thought was an alright temperature, but was probably a little too hot for their sensitive gums. At around £4 for three spoons, the price isn’t too bad either.
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Choo Mee Baby Starter Spoon
- Baby Led Weaning: Patented Silicone dipping spoon is ideal for ages 4 months plus | Non Directional head provides feeding independence | Pair with our FirstSpoon (sold separately) and scoop tiny bites
- Product Features: Firm handle provides tiny hands with stable grip | Flexible neck allows spoon head to scrape against any bowl shape | Food channels easily captures baby food and purees
- Chew Friendly Material: Dual-Flex Silicone construction does not use Plastic | Ideal for sore gums and teething babies | Tether loop for ease of use
- Material Compliance: All ChooMee products are BPA, PVC, Lead and Phthalate Free | Products meet and exceed all US and European Test Standards
- Quality Guarantee: Use over and over again and help reduce evironmental plastic waste | All products are covered by a limited lifetime warranty
When Dexter was weaning, we used a similar spoon called the Num Num, but they can be hard to get hold of in the UK, so instead I’m recommending these Choo Mee baby led weaning spoons which work in the exact same way.
Each spoon has food channels which grip to food such as yoghurt or porridge and requires less dexterity than the use of a usual spoon. Perfect for those baby led weaning babies who are ready to start using a spoon themselves to dip into food.
The spoons are silicone so are BPA free, dishwasher and microwave safe and most importantly promote independence for your child who can take the next steps at self feeding with cutlery.
Doddl Cutlery
- Learn to use cutlery in minutes – Make mealtimes an enjoyable, independent adventure for your child. With short, contoured handles, doddl toddler spoon, fork & knife toddler cutlery set are engineered to teach your child to use toddler cutlery in minutes, all by themselves.
- Nurtures fine motor skills – Our baby-led weaning supplies are ergonomically designed for smaller hands, making this children’s cutlery set easy for toddlers to use. It improves your child’s fine motor skills, enhancing dexterity, coordination and control.
- Superior safety standards – Our toddler eating supplies are dishwasher-safe, BPA and phthalate-free, adhering to the highest safety standards for your little one. Crafted from food-safe stainless steel, the doddl cutlery set is built to last.
- Expert-led – Recommended by feeding and development experts, the toddler spoon, fork and knife set is designed to encourage children’s nutritional development. These are the right toddler fork, spoon, and knife set for your child to foster healthy eating habits from a young age.
- Success at mealtimes – doddl toddler cutlery help young children learn to eat on their own quickly, intuitively and correctly. We’re here to give your child the confidence to believe that they can do anything, starting with learning to feed themselves. And when that happens? Pure Magic.
- Learn to use cutlery in minutes – Make mealtimes an enjoyable, independent adventure for your child. With short, contoured handles,the doddl toddler cutlery set is engineered to teach your child to use cutlery in minutes, all by themselves.
- Nurtures fine motor skills – Our toddler cutlery sets are ergonomically designed for smaller hands, making this children’s cutlery set easy for toddlers to use. It improves your child’s fine motor skills, enhancing dexterity, coordination and control.
- Superior safety standards – Our toddler spoon and fork with doddl knife set is dishwasher-safe, BPA and phthalate-free, adhering to the highest safety standards. Crafted from food-safe stainless steel, the doddl toddler cutlery set is built to last.
- Expert-led – Recommended by feeding and development experts, the toddler knife, spoon and fork set is designed to encourage children’s nutritional development. This is the right toddler cutlery set to foster healthy eating habits from a young age.
- Success at mealtimes – doddl toddler cutlery helps young children learn to eat on their own quickly, intuitively and correctly. doddl is here to give your child the confidence to believe that they can do anything, starting with learning to feed themselves. And when that happens? Pure Magic.
Doddl’s ergonomic cutlery is perfect for little hands and really helps babies and toddlers learn how to use a knife, fork and spoon independently. They are marketed as suitable from 12 months+ but I highly recommend having this set on hand from as soon as you start your baby led weaning journey. (Perhaps leaving the knife until the toddler years)
Read our full review of Doddl cutlery here, including a really cute video of a 15 month old Dexter using the Doddl spoon to feed himself yoghurt.
Sophie Durrans
Friday 17th of May 2019
We had the Munchkin heat spoons last time... And they drove me mad... Take ages to return to their normal colour!