The Toddler baby cutlery helps children learn how to eat with eating utensils

Detailed Description:
The Toddler baby cutlery is designed to adapt to the way in which a baby holds onto objects. The utensils are short, thick and round to fill the entire palm of the child’s hand. This makes it easier for the child to control its knife, fork or spoon until its motor skills are fully developed.

Know drawbacks of design:
The baby cutlery is bulky and consumes a lot of material, plus it takes up quite a lot of room during warehousing and transportation. So from an environmental point of view, it is not so friendly...

Website:
www.toddler.dk

Designed in:
2008

Status of realization:
In production

Keywords:
education, lifestyle

Form
The design of the Toddler Baby Cutlery is derived from the distinct way a small child grasps around objects. While flatware for grownups is designed to be held delicately and loosely, the Toddler Baby Cutlery is round and chubby and fills up the palm of the hands of the little ones. This makes it easier for the child to control it until their motor coordination is fully developed. The handles have a rubberized surface ensuring that the cutlery does not slip out of the child´s hands while eating.

Impact
The Toddler Baby Cutlery lets the child use its instinctive movement when handling it. This is an important part of learning to eat with eating utensils. To learn to eat with a tool requires a lot of practice for the child, and having the right tools is an important factor for success. The Toddler Baby Cutlery has a size that suits the hand of the child and a shape that is comfortable to hold. Most importantly, it supports the development of the motor skills of the child.

Context
The cutlery is targeted at children from the age of 6months to 2 years. They can start using it as soon as the parents start feeding them “real” food. The child will learn to use the spoon first. When fed, it will start to copy the movement of the grownup and even help guide the spoon to the mouth. This is important practice for the motor coordination of the child and it will help it to understand the placement of the mouth. Once the motor skills are developed to use the spoon, the knife and fork can be taken into use.

Is the design protected by patent or ip registration?
registration

How has the development of the design been financed hereunto?
Company development costs

Is there a plan for future investments?
Yes

Is there in-house competencies to secure market roll out of the design, with regards to investment, distribution, sales, etc.?
Yes

Designed by:
Josefine Bentzen, Product Designer, www.josefinebentzen.com, Product Designer, Denmark, Frederiksberg C, Josefine Bentzen Design Studio

Manufactured/Produced/Commisioned by:
ToddlerCompany
www.toddler.dk