I bought a pack of Munchkin Fresh Food Feeders fairly early on, maybe when the twins were around two or three months old, so you can imagine I was excited to use them. We washed them up and sterilized them and then waited for the time to use them. I was originally going to use them as teethers, but little man hasn't really had a problem with his teeth coming in and little miss just cut her first tooth today.
About a week ago we finally used them for the first time. We cut up some banana and gave one to each of the kids. They were pretty much instant success. Little miss laughed the whole time she was gnawing on it (she loves food and eating). Little man has had some eating challenges, but even he seemed to enjoy this way of feeding. Then came clean-up. I had heard these were hard to clean, so we rinsed them and put them to soak immediately after the kids were done with them. A few hours later (no more than five), they were washed by hand and left to air dry.
A few days later, I grabbed one to give my daughter some more banana while I gave little man his bottle and noticed some build-up in the bag. I figured we just didn't get them as clean as we thought, so I gave it a good scrubbing and gave little miss her banana. Repeat clean-up from the first use. A few days later saw another repeat as I went to give the kids some watermelon. So, we decided to run them through the dishwasher on a rinse/sanitize cycle. I took them out and they looked like this:Needless to say I am thoroughly disgusted. It's a really great idea and the kids loved them, but I found them impossible to clean. Even when they look clean, give them a few days/weeks and you'll see they really weren't. I'm planning on trying the Kidsme Food Feeder next which has a silicone feeder that detaches for easier cleaning. I hope that one works better as I really like the idea of the kids feeding themselves with these.
