TinySpoon Cook & Serve Duo

It steams and blends in one jug. You add fresh veg or fruit, steam it soft, then blend to the texture your baby needs, all without dragging out a pot, a separate blender and a bowl. The digital control panel handles the timing, so you set it and walk away. That is two jobs done in one jug on the bench.

No. You control the texture, so you can make smooth first purees when your baby is starting solids, then blend for a shorter time to leave it chunkier as they move toward toddler meals. It steams and blends fruit and vegetables, so you can build up to new flavours as your baby grows. The same machine grows with them right through the weaning window.

Boiling leaches water-soluble nutrients out of the food and tips them down the sink. Because the food sits above the water when steaming, more of those nutrients traditionally survive the cooking. Steaming is designed to keep veggies tasting fresh and bright in the puree your baby actually eats.

Not at all. Six months is exactly when most babies begin solids, so you are right on time. Weaning runs from around six months through the toddler years, so a food maker and feeding set earn their keep for well over a year. Even if your bub is eight or nine months and already on textured food, the steamer, blender and pouches still fit straight into your routine.

Many parents use it most days through the weaning window. Plenty of parents batch cook on a Sunday, making several meals in one session and portioning them into the fridge or freezer. That way you cook less often through the week and still know every meal is fresh and homemade.

Fair worry. The reason this one stays on the bench is that it does more than one job. It steams and blends in the same jug, so it replaces a pot and a separate blender and earns its space instead of doing one thing badly. Parents who batch cook reach for it again and again through the whole weaning window.