It’s vital that young children get all the nutrients and vitamins they need. Providing toddlers with a healthy balanced diet is essential for ensuring that they grow up big and strong. Weaning is a key stage in a child’s development and one that every parent needs to prepare for. As well as being important in terms of nutritional value, weaning helps to influence children’s eating habits and improves their ability to move food around their mouth, chew and swallow. NHS official advice recommends solid food should be introduced at around 6 months alongside breast milk or formula.
Retailers can assist parents in their goal of getting ready for the weaning stage by offering an extensive and comprehensive range of high quality food prep and weaning products, with plenty of choice to suit all consumers’ needs. Leading wholesaler, Baby Brands Direct, is well known for offering independent retailers a great selection of branded baby and nursery products. Our range of food preparation products is comprised of everything mums and dads need to make weaning straightforward and stress free! With plenty of options in a number of different categories, Baby Brands Direct offers all the essentials of weaning.
Baby Food Processors
When a child grows too old for breast milk alone to be enough nutrition, parents begin to slowly introduce solid foods – often turning to jars and packets of pureed baby foods. These products have the perfect consistency for children whose teeth are still coming through and who don’t have experience with chewing and swallowing. However, it can be tricky to know exactly what is inside these foods and health conscious parents may be concerned about their children ingesting unhealthy preservatives, additives and sugars. It can also be expensive to buy jars and packets of baby food – and with the cost of living getting higher and higher, things like groceries are also affected. Therefore, many parents seek to make their own baby food in order to be in control of what their little one is eating and to keep costs down. Baby food processors make creating perfectly textured baby food a breeze.
The Béaba Babycook Neo is a stunning option, available in three different colours and featuring a chic and stylish design. This handy kitchen gadget steam cooks vegetables and blends them to a perfectly smooth puree – perfect for introducing different flavours and textures to young children. The Babycook also defrosts and reheats baby food, so it’s perfect for preparing ready made frozen portions. The Béaba Babycook Pasta-Rice Cooker is a cooking basket for the Babycook Neo, which can be used to cook rice, pasta and other starchy foods – helping parents to easily add different foods to their little one’s dinner.
Vital Baby’s Nourish Prep & Wean is another great option for parents looking for an easy to use food processor for their baby. The product’s steam mode allows parents to cook food efficiently. Because the food is steamed, the Vital Baby Nourish Prep & Wean retains as many vitamins and nutrients as possible. Even better, the 2 tier design makes it easy to cook 2 separate foods at the same time – great for minimal fuss! The product features 5 different blending settings, so babies can experience a range of textures as they grow! This product also features a sterilising mode – meaning it can also be used as a steriliser for a single bottle, or accessories, proven to kill 99.9% of bacteria in just 8 minutes.
Food Storage Pots
Once parents have their food processor and are able to create their own food, they will look for complementary products to support their little one’s weaning journey. Parents are often busy and many are seeking to prepare a big batch of food in one go, so that they are able to store the leftovers to feed their little one later. Therefore, it would be prudent for retailers to offer storage pots alongside the rest of their feeding range. Tommee Tippee’s Pop Up Freezer Pots & Tray are great for creating portions of baby food and freezing them for later use. They are stackable or can be easily placed in their tray for easy storage. They also feature built in push up bases so parents can easily remove frozen food with no effort or need for defrosting. As well as stylish and high quality glass storage pots, Béaba offer the fantastic Silicone 6 Weaning Portion Storage Tray, in a variety of pastel colours. This high quality silicone tray includes 6 150ml segments. The tray comes with a lid and is suitable for use in the fridge, freezer, microwave, dishwasher and oven – so it’s great for a variety of uses!
Weaning Cutlery, Bowls and Plates
Once the food is prepared, baby will need utensils to eat it with. Baby Brands Direct has a great selection of weaning plates, bowls, cups and cutlery from leading brands, such as Tommee Tippee, Bébéconfort, Kikka Boo and many more! Bébéconfort offer a Learning Plate with Compartments, which is great for introducing different foods to children with its 3 compartments that help to segregate food items and keep them from touching each other – perfect for fussy kids! The Kikka Boo 4 In 1 Bowl is perfect for feeding on the go. It includes a bowl with detachable suction base, a divider plate that can be used independently or inserted into the bowl and a lid which securely houses both an ergonomic fork and spoon. There is an extensive range of cutlery available, all designed to be easy for little hands to hold and featuring unique benefits like heat sensitivity. Tommee Tippee’s Smushee Food Catcher is a unique self-feeding spoon that encourages little one to mush and play with their food, enjoying the different textures and squishy sensations. Baby can simply dunk this first-feeding spoon in their bowl and the food will grip and stay on, making it easy to use.
Baby Brands Direct have a huge selection of food prep and weaning accessories available at competitive wholesale prices, ensuring that retailers are always prepared for consumers looking to support this key stage in their child’s life. Register with us today to take advantage of these excellent products from top brands.