We love receiving tips and ideas from other parents and we were sent a great one yesterday by Jill from Cheam in south-east England.
She told us how she’s come up with a good alternative to bibs when feeding her messy 10 month old, Tegan!
Tegan likes to feed herself (we don’t do purees) but she gets in a huge mess and most bibs don’t protect her clothes enough. Also, she pulls them off – especially the Velcro ones! So now I use large burp cloths – I wrap them around her and secure them at the back with my butterfly-style hair clip (but you could use clothes pegs or any other kind of clip).
I was also given a pile of thick, old-fashioned cotton cot sheets which are too small for her cot, so I use those too! They cover her up much better than bibs, then I clean her face with them afterwards and throw them in the washing machine.
Thanks for sharing, Tegan – that’s a good solution and a great way to put those sheets to use!
We agree with you about most bibs – they tend to be fine if you’re spoon feeding, but once your little one starts self-feeding, then the food just seems to end up everywhere!
Bumkins make a really good sleeved bib that we wouldn’t be without – in fact, whenever we use it outside the house, everyone asks where we got it – which just goes to show that the problem of keeping a messy eater clean is a common one! Fortunately, we live in a warm part of the world, so we tend to feed our little one in just a diaper whenever we can!
Please do keep the tips coming – especially for those that help you deal with mess of baby’s mealtimes!