Feeding Review : Boon Products & Giveaway

I'm excited to start our new series reviews covering different aspects of baby care. Since Connor is in an in between stage of baby food and table foods I'm so excited that our first review has a little of both. Our first review of the new feeding series of course goes to Boon!

Even before Connor was born I did a lot of research on baby products and I will be honest I love function but looks are important to me as well. I have always been a big fan of streamline/modern baby products and Boon offers both! Honestly the only thing I would change about their products is more color choices (orange is just not my favorite color... only second least to yellow) but I will forgive their orange as their is real beauty in simplicity.

Boon Squirt :

Honestly I requested this item out of pure curiosity. It looks almost like an alien device more than a feeding spoon! The top half is a rubber bulb and the bottom half is a plastic clear spoon. You unscrew the two pieces and put your baby food inside, and every time you squeeze the bulb a surprisingly perfect amount of baby food dispenses and tada your ready to eat. It is super easy to use and I think even a big brother or big sister could master this better than they could even the old fashioned method. The real beauty though comes in its portability. It is soo much easier (as I found out today first hand) to whip out a preloaded spoon with food inside and start feeding (especially in the car!) than to try to maneuver a jar of food, spoon, wipes (in my case) and do all this without making a total mess. I successfully fed Connor today while in the backseat with him in the car seat and we didn't even make a mess! Overall this is a great product for on the go (and at home) honestly the only two things I can say that I disliked was two small things. The spoon size is a bit too big for Connor. Mind you he is a very small guy so for an average sized baby this would not be an issue and even with Connor it is doable we just had to take two tries at each bite. Also when you squeeze the bulb depending on the type of baby food you get a tiny tiny bit of splatter, honestly the traditional method is MUCH messier so I'm not sure I can honestly say that's a negative but I did want to bring some attention to it.
Boon Snack Ball :

I was excited about this product but its fairly basic so I didn't think I would be as a fan as I really am. The snack ball is very simple in design.. the top rotates to the side to expose the goodies inside (its not so easy that a baby could do it themselves which is nice, as you wont have cheerios all over the house when you least expect it) Otherwise the two halves screw apart for easy cleaning. I adore this product for two reasons.. previously I used zip locks to carry around snacks and without fail they ended up as crushed bits in my diaper bag.. now there is no fear of powered cereals. We have also found that the treat ball is also a GREAT toy. Connor loves to shake it, roll it, chase it around, and with snackies inside it sounds like a rattle. This has saved my butt on several occasions in the short amount of time I've had it. For the price you would pay for this it is worth it for its weight in zip locks alone. Using this verses disposable items is also earth friendly! For 6.49 even the budget friendly mom cannot complain. Just a little note.. once your child is a little older they can eat their own snacks directly from the ball.. the opening is just the right size for smaller hands.

Want one?

You can buy the Snack Ball & Squirt on Amazon or you can buy them directly through Boon!

Here is the best part...

Boon is offering a Snack Ball & Squirt to one lucky winner!

Enter to Win :

• Leave a comment on this post. Go visit Boon. Tell me which products are your favorite and/or are you most likely to buy. No "i want to win" stuff without a little effort (and I do mean little!)
  
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• To get extra credit :
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• This contest will end Jan 13th at midnight!