What are the dangers of adults and babies sharing tableware?

Many young parents lack experience and due to their personality, they are often careless when taking care of their children and make many mistakes. For example, adults and children use the same tableware. In fact, this practice is wrong. Parenting experts say that it is best for parents to use special tableware for babies, and they need to disinfect it regularly. If adults and babies use the same tableware, the following hazards will occur.

Dangers of adults and babies sharing tableware:

01. Children's body resistance is relatively weak. If they share tableware with adults, some harmful bacteria may be brought to the children, so children must have their own tableware.

02. Sharing meals may lead to cross-infection of viruses. Children’s immune function is relatively weak. If they are infected with the virus, the consequences will be disastrous.

03. Adult tableware is not suitable for children in terms of size and material. If children use the same tableware as adults, it will cause difficulties for children to eat.

04. Providing children with exclusive tableware can not only improve the safety of their meals, but also increase their interest in meals and make them like eating by themselves. Therefore, for the sake of their children, adults should also give their children exclusive tableware.

Choose tableware according to required functions

The baby-specific tableware also has all the functions you need. The bowl with a suction cup base is very suitable for babies who are just learning to eat. The suction cup on the base of this bowl can be attached to the table to prevent the bowl from moving and being easily knocked over by the baby. The grinding bowl is gourd-shaped, with two small bowls connected on the left and right. The bottom of one of the small bowls is designed to be tooth-shaped, which can be used to grind food, making it convenient for use when going out.

The temperature-sensitive spoon allows mothers to monitor the temperature of the food on the spoon. When the temperature exceeds 40°C, the spoon will change color to prevent careless mothers from scalding their babies.

Colorful tableware

Generally, parents will choose colorful plastic tableware for their children. The tableware has bright and cute patterns, which are loved by babies and are not easy to break. However, this type of tableware does have certain risks. For example, PC materials will decompose into bisphenol A; painting spray materials are also toxic. Colored ceramic tableware is also unsafe because the pigments used generally contain a certain amount of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. If used to hold foods with high creatine content, the heavy metals in the tableware will be integrated into the food. If babies use this type of tableware for a long time, it may cause chronic poisoning.

Chopsticks

In order to train children to use chopsticks correctly, some parents ask their babies to use chopsticks to eat too early. In fact, the best age for babies to start using chopsticks is three to four years old. Parents should also note that the chopsticks usually used by adults are the more traditional Chinese colored painted chopsticks. Children sometimes have the bad habit of biting chopsticks when eating, so it is easy for babies to swallow the fallen paint pieces along with the food during the process of using chopsticks, which is harmful to the baby's health. When your baby starts learning to use chopsticks, parents are advised to choose bamboo or wooden chopsticks that meet hygiene standards.