Early Years

Baby Weaning Plates & Self-Feeding: Meet the Learning Curve™ Plate

More than a baby plate: tableware designed to help babies learn to eat Weaning is about far more than getting food from the plate to mouth. From around six months, mealtimes become one of the riche...

Baby Weaning Bowls & First Spoon Skills: Meet the Learning Curve™ Bowl

From first spoonfuls to first scoops: meet the Learning Curve™ Weaning Bowl Learning to use a spoon is surprisingly complicated. Adults barely think about it. For a baby, there’s a whole sequence t...

Meet Big Sipper™ Open Cup Drinking for Babies & Toddlers

Why we created Big Sipper Learning to drink independently is another one of those skills adults make look deceptively simple. Pick up the cup. Bring it to your mouth. Tip it just enough. Take a sip...

Don’t Like It – Or Don’t Know It Yet?

One of the most common mistakes we can make during weaning is assuming that a baby’s first reaction to a food tells us whether they like it or not. A screwed-up face, a head turn, a spoon pushed aw...

The Weaning Parent’s Summer Survival Guide

How to handle heatwaves, holidays, disrupted routines and disappearing appetites — without losing your cool.

The Weaning Parent’s Constipation Survival Guide

Constipation is incredibly common in childhood. In fact, children’s bowel and bladder charity ERIC reports that it affects up to 1 in 3 children, and babies can be affected too. The good news? For ...

The Secret Workout Happening Inside Your Baby’s Mouth

Dotty is more than an ordinary teether. She is a multi-sensory mouth muscle gym, turning natural chewing and play into valuable practice for the exciting world of weaning.

Future-Proofing Fussy Eating: What You Can Do Today

While there's no guaranteed way to prevent picky eating altogether, there are some simple things you can do during weaning that will help to build confidence and curiosity around food, laying the f...

What Is Oral Mapping and Why Does It Matter?

When babies start weaning, it can look messy, unpredictable, and sometimes worrying, but a lot of what’s happening is highly purposeful. One of the key developmental processes taking place is calle...

Your Weaning Checklist: What Do You Really Need?

From highchairs to gadgets to endless “must-have” lists online, it can seem like you need a full setup before your baby even sees their first spoonful of food. In reality, you don’t need nearly as ...

What No One Tells You About Weaning

Dan Laxton, Bibado’s founder and dad of three, has lived through weaning more than once and learned (often the hard way) that it’s rarely as simple as it first appears. Here are a few things he wis...

Silicone Bibs vs Fabric Bibs: Which Is Best for Weaning?

When your baby starts weaning, one thing becomes clear very quickly: mealtimes are messy. Choosing the right bib can make a big difference to how easy (or stressful) those meals feel. So which one ...