Silicone Baby Fruit Feeder & Teether

Silicone Baby Fruit Feeder & Teether — real flavours, without the big pieces

Pop a piece of soft fruit inside, close it up and hand it over. Your baby gnaws, flavour comes through the little holes in the silicone, and the chunks that could cause trouble stay inside. Add chilled fruit and it doubles as a teether for sore gums.

🍓 Real food, at your baby's own pace

Ripe banana, mango, melon or peach, soft-steamed apple or pear, cooked carrot or sweet potato — anything soft works. Your little one explores taste and texture by themselves, which is half the fun of weaning (and most of the faces).

🦷 A teether with a bonus

Fruit straight from the fridge is soothing on inflamed gums. Chilled is ideal; fruit frozen solid is too hard and too cold, so let it soften a little first.

🧼 Comes apart, goes in the dishwasher

Smooth silicone rather than fabric mesh, so there's nowhere for yesterday's banana to hide. It dismantles fully, and every part can go in the dishwasher or be washed in warm soapy water.

What we like about it

• Lets babies taste real fruit and veg while keeping large pieces in the pouch
• Works as a teether too, especially with chilled food
• Integrated measuring cup to help with portions
• Easy for small hands to hold
• Wide opening, so loading it is quick

Worth knowing before you buy

• It's a weaning tool, not a way to start earlier. The NHS recommends introducing solid food at around 6 months, once your baby can sit up and hold their head steady, coordinate hands and mouth, and swallow food rather than push it back out.
• It lowers the risk, it doesn't remove it. No feeder makes choking impossible. Keep your baby sitting upright and stay with them every time.
• It sits alongside finger foods and spoon feeds, not instead of them — babies still need to learn to manage real food.

Specification

• Suitable from: around 6 months, once your baby shows signs of readiness for solids
• Material: food-grade silicone — free from BPA, PVC and phthalates
• Includes: integrated measuring cup
• Care: dismantles fully; dishwasher safe, or warm soapy water
• Use: fruit and food feeder, and teether

❓ Frequently asked questions

Can my baby choke using a fruit feeder?
The silicone pouch stops large pieces breaking off, which greatly reduces the risk compared with loose chunks of food. It can't remove it entirely, so always keep your baby seated upright and supervised. Our guide to gagging vs choking explains what to look out for.

What age can my baby start using it?
From around 6 months, alongside the start of weaning, once your baby shows the signs of readiness above. If you're unsure, your health visitor is the person to ask.

What can I put in it?
Anything soft: ripe fruit, soft-steamed fruit and veg. Skip anything hard or crunchy, remove any stones and pips, and no honey before age one.

Can I use frozen fruit?
Chilled is best. Fully frozen fruit is too hard and too cold for gums — let it soften slightly first.

How do I clean it?
Take it apart, rinse out any fruit, and wash in the dishwasher or warm soapy water. Check the pouch for tears before each use and replace it if it's damaged.

This feeder or the fruit net on the 3-in-1 bottle?
Both are silicone. This one is a closed pouch with small holes and its own measuring cup, made just for fruit and teething. The 3-in-1 bottle has a silicone fruit net as one of three tops, alongside a milk teat and a squeeze spoon — the better buy if you want all three.

Does it make a good gift?
Yes — it's a useful one for a baby around five or six months old, just as weaning is about to start.

🍼 What else helps at this stage

This is the one for tasting real fruit safely. Elsewhere in our feeding range:

• Silicone Puree Feeding Bottle 120ml — for purée rather than whole fruit, squeezed onto its own spoon. Handy on the go.
• Silicone 3-in-1 Baby Bottle — one bottle with a teat, a squeeze spoon and a silicone fruit net.
• Silicone Sippy Cup — the NHS suggests offering water in a cup with meals from 6 months; this free-flow one is our favourite.
• Silicone and Beech Wood Bunny Teether or the Silicone and Beechwood Baby Teether — if it's sore gums you're after and food isn't the point yet.

Before you start, our guide Are Baby Fruit Feeders Safe? covers what to put in, what to avoid and how to use one well.

Safety information

• Always use under adult supervision, with your baby sitting upright.
• Check the pouch and fittings before every use. Stop using it at the first sign of damage or wear.
• Only put in soft food, cut to fit the pouch.

❤️ From our family to yours

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