Best Baby Spoons

Talk about spoons with tech! These spoons have heat-sensor tips to help protect your tiny eater against accidental burns. If the food is too hot for baby to eat, the tip of the spoon turns white. The color returns when the food is at a safe temperature. These spoons are pretty small and shallow, so they’re perfect for younger babies who are just starting on solids.

These sturdy spoons are a little deeper, which means food settles into the spoon rather than sliding right off. Even better? For a super low price, you get half a dozen spoons in a rainbow of colors. Because the Munchkin spoon has a deeper bowl, it can make it difficult for beginners to get all the food off the spoon. But minis who are pro at licking a spoon will get every morsel.

Sensitive, teething gums will appreciate these super soft, food-grade silicone spoons. A shallow spoon bowl helps with avoiding scooping too much food in one go, and the sensory bumps tell little mouths where to stop biting (not to mention they’re soothing on sore gums). Once your tiny eater gets a little bit bigger, they can upgrade to these slightly larger utensils for the toddler feeding stage.

Before your baby can spoonfeed on their own, that task is up to their caregiver. And while short-handled baby spoons are better for tiny hands, they’re not very comfortable for adults. These long-handled spoons from AEIOU (a Babylist-exclusive brand) are a much better fit for grown-up hands, and the shallow tip allows younger, new-to-spoons babies to get the hang of solids easier.

Most baby spoons are made from hard plastic, but these Avanchy spoons are crafted from bamboo and have soft, FDA-approved, food-grade silicone on the tips. This baby spoon size has a larger head and shorter handle, so it’s easier for older babies to hold. There’s also an infant spoon with a longer handle and thinner head, which is easier for adults to use when feeding younger babies. Keep in mind: These spoons are hand-wash only, which can be a dealbreaker for some.

These may look like plants you just pulled from your yard, but trust us when we say these are actually some of the coolest baby spoons you’ll ever see. Made entirely of food-grade silicone, these leafy spoons are soft, flexible, durable (babies love chewing on them) and, most importantly, they get the job done. The tips are thin enough to scoop up any food so you’re not chasing it around the plate, and this set comes with two different lengths of handles to help your baby through two feeding stages. The longer handle is for parents helping feed baby, and the shorter handle is for little ones learning to self-feed. Bonus: The short-handled spoon doubles as a teether!

If your little eater is already a pro at using spoons and doesn’t have any gum sensitivity (if they’ve finished teething), it might be time to ditch the silicone and get them used to the kinds of utensils they’ll be using the rest of their lives. These spoons from NUK introduce metal in a toddler-friendly way by having it just on the tip of the spoon while the handle is made of the same comfort-grip material they’ve gotten used to with other early-feeder spoons. Keep in mind: These spoons are for kids 18 months and up so the metal doesn’t hurt their sensitive gums and teeth.

Taking baby food on the go is easy if you’re using pouches or dry cereal in a snack cup, but not so much if it’s jarred purees and spoons. No one wants to use a spoon that’s been rolling around loose in a diaper bag, and while you could stick it in a sandwich bag for safe keeping, we’d like to suggest a more sustainable option. This travel spoon from Skip Hop folds in on itself to keep the tip sanitary, and the handle even includes an extra lip that acts as a spoon rest (so restaurant table germs stay off the spoon).