WHY WE LOVE SPOONING Our philosophy at Little Bellies is to ‘Do What’s Natural’. We believe nutrition is complex, but nurturing is natural, and so we focus on making simple, age-appropriate and wholesome foods for your babies, toddlers and kids – so that you can focus on what comes naturally to you – raising independent and unique individuals. We founded Little Bellies after one of our children was diagnosed with severe sensitivities to food. The safe snack options at the time were limited and many of the available options were what we considered to be “pseudo confectionery” – often filled with added sugars and unnecessary ingredients. We decided we needed to do something about this and as a result our range of safe and simple self-feeding snacks were born. Recently we have turned our attention to baby purées. It’s overwhelming to see so many purée pouches on the shelf today, and so we questioned why this has become the new ‘norm’.
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Pouches certainly can assist with providing healthy, convenient and portable options for parents but sucking from a pouch that masks the food inside them is not a ‘natural’ way to eat. In fact, it has been linked to implications on natural child development. While pouches have a time and a place, we wanted to offer purées to help make feeding our kids feel natural. We know that eating purées out of a bowl, with a favourite spoon means true interaction between you and your baby and helps little ones see, touch and smell their food. This helps to develop a number of important sensory, oral and motor skills. Working alongside feeding specialist Simone Emery, we are passionate about sharing our love for spoon-feeding with parents.
