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Many parents tell me that they simply don’t give their children a spoon to feed themselves with because they don’t want to clean up the mess. Believe me, in my house it is not uncommon for me to feed Gavin his lunch with a spoon, but I do try to let him go all out with dinner if I know I have time to give him a bath before bed. As was the case with his first birthday cake a few weeks ago, I was definitely washing frosting out from inside and behind his ears, for sure!  

International Playthings has a whole series of these adorable bowls that are somehow motion sensored that when the “magic spoon” enters the bowl, the cow makes 4 different animal sounds. What better way to encourage your child to learn to feed themselves by reinforcing placing the “magic spoon” back in the bowl, rather than flinging it across your kitchen! Since I also work with a lot of picky eaters, I’m always on the lookout for a new fun way to motivate children to try a new food, increase their mealtime attention or to simply gain more independence.  If you think the cow is cute, you should definitely check out the International Playthings website because this bowl comes in a dog, airplane, and a car. There is a suction cup that sticks the bowl to the tray surface. The smaller green insert bowl is microwave and top rack dishwasher safe.  Gavin pretty much had applesauce everywhere with this snack, in terms of cleaning up the cow, I didn’t want to submerse it in water, and it didn’t state that it was safe to submerse it or wet it, so I used a Lysol wipe to easily clean up the rest of the applesauce.

International Playthings provided this Animal Snacker free for the purchase of a review. Gavin is positioned in a Svan High Chair for his mealtimes, which was provided free for the purpose of review by Scandinavian Child. All opinions expressed in this entry are purely the bloggers own.

As always, photo credits brought to you by the amazingly talented Derek Wilmot.