Silicone and Stainless Steel Baby Fork and Spoon

Silicone and Stainless Steel Baby Fork and Spoon — the set where the fork actually works

A fork and spoon with 304 stainless steel tips and soft food-grade silicone handles. 12cm long, in three colours. Rated from 6 months, though it earns its keep from closer to a year — which is the part worth reading before you buy.

🍴 Why we'd wait until around a year

The age rating says 6 months and the set is safe from then. But a six-month-old does not so much eat with cutlery as teethe on it, and steel tines in gums that are already sore is a poor combination. There is also nothing soft about a steel spoon meeting a new tooth.

So our honest guidance: start with our all-silicone Fork and Spoon, which has no hard edge anywhere and is designed to be chewed, then move to this set when your little one is genuinely stabbing at food and getting annoyed that it slides off. For most families that is somewhere around twelve months. Buying this one second is not a waste — it is the set they will still be using at three.

🥄 Steel is what makes a fork a fork

A silicone fork flexes, so firm food slides off it. Steel tines do not, which means a cube of carrot or a piece of pasta stays put between plate and mouth. That sounds small until you watch a toddler try four times and give up. The spoon bowl is shallow and properly rigid too, so it carries yoghurt rather than bending under it.

🤚 The handles are the clever part

Soft, ergonomic silicone handles with a non-slip surface, wide enough to sit in a fist rather than needing a pincer grip. They are also the reason the set suits a toddler who still throws things: the handle takes the impact rather than the table, and there is no cold metal against the hand.

At 12cm overall, with a 2.5cm spoon and a 2.1cm fork, both pieces are sized for a small mouth. Adult cutlery at this stage is the commonest reason a toddler gags at a spoonful.

♨️ One honest drawback: steel conducts heat

Leave this spoon standing in a hot bowl and the metal gets hot, which silicone never does. It is not a safety problem so much as a practical one — stir, then take the spoon out, or hand it over once the food has cooled. The all-silicone set is the better choice if someone else is doing the feeding and might not think of it.

🔬 What we have actually had tested

The tips are 304 stainless steel, the grade used for food equipment. The silicone in the handles was tested by an independent accredited laboratory with nothing detected in migration of 19 elements under EN 71-3, phthalates, 553 PFAS, 15 PAHs, or any of the 247 REACH substances of very high concern. The reports are on our silicone information page, so you can read them rather than take our word for it.

What we like about it

• 304 stainless steel tips, so food stays on the fork
• Soft silicone handles sized for a fist, not a pincer grip
• 12cm overall — a small-mouth spoon rather than a cut-down adult one
• Dishwasher safe, and no silicone fork tines to go floppy
• Free from BPA, PVC, latex and phthalates
• Three colours that match our bowls, plates and the silicone set
• The set they will still be using at three

Specification

• Suitable from: 6 months with adult supervision, though we would start it nearer 12 months
• Contents: one fork, one spoon
• Size: 12cm long. Spoon 2.5cm wide, fork 2.1cm wide
• Materials: 304 stainless steel tips, food-grade silicone handles, free from BPA, PVC, latex and phthalates
• Colours: Dusty Pink, Dusty Blue, Pale Grey
• Care: dishwasher safe
• Testing: reports on our silicone information page

❓ Frequently asked questions

It says 6 months — so why do you suggest waiting?
Because at six months cutlery gets chewed rather than used, and steel tines on sore gums is the wrong tool for that month. The set is safe from six months; it is simply better value from around a year. Our all-silicone set is the one for the chewing stage.

Are the tines sharp?
No — they are short, blunt-ended toddler tines, not table-fork points. They are firm, which is the thing a silicone fork is not, and firm is what makes food stay on.

Does the spoon get hot?
In hot food, yes, as any metal spoon does. Stir with it and take it out, or wait for the food to cool before handing it over.

Can it go in the dishwasher?
Yes. Steel and silicone both take it without trouble.

Will the handles come away from the tips?
They are moulded on rather than clipped, so there is nothing designed to separate. As with any cutlery, retire a piece if the silicone splits or the handle ever works loose.

Which colour should I pick?
Whichever matches what you already have — Dusty Pink, Dusty Blue and Pale Grey run across our bowls, plates and the silicone cutlery, so a set in one shade looks deliberate.

Does it make a good gift?
Better as part of a bundle than alone. With a suction bowl and a bib it makes a proper weaning present.

🍽️ Which cutlery set?

Two sets, and they are a sequence rather than alternatives:

• Silicone and Stainless Steel Fork and Spoon — this one. Steel tips, silicone handles, 12cm. From around a year, when they want the food to stay on the fork.
• Silicone Fork and Spoon — all silicone, 14cm, no hard edges anywhere. From 6 months, for a baby who still mouths everything. The soft fork is the compromise.

Pair either with a silicone plate or suction bowl so the food has somewhere to stay put. Our guide to signs your baby is ready for weaning covers what you actually need at the start.

Safety information

Adult supervision recommended at mealtimes. Inspect both pieces before use and set a piece aside if the silicone splits or the handle works loose. Not a teether — put the set away between meals.

❤️ From our family to yours

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