What to do after baby chokes on food?
Sam from Keepabeat tells us what to do if your baby starts choking or gagging, and how to prevent it.
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Easter activities for young kids
We’ve put together five egg-cellent Easter activities for little ones that you can do at home.
How can I keep my toddler hydrated?
Make sure your toddler is drinking enough water with our top tips.
What do I need to sterilise for my child?
Put your mind at ease with our advice for sterilising for kids.
How much should my baby eat?
To make sure you’re enjoying your baby’s weaning journey safely, we’ve put together a guide on portion sizes and safe weaning.
How to look after your bamboo tableware
In this blog, we’re going to help you learn how to care for your bamboo products to help keep them clean, pristine, and living for longer.
How do I teach my baby how to use a spoon?
Trying to encourage your baby to use a spoon can require a lot of patience and dedication, but it’s all worth it once they start eating with cutlery all on their own!
How to safely serve strawberries to babies
Sweet, delicious and full of nutritious goodness, strawberries can be introduced as soon as your little one starts eating solid foods. These bright little berries are a great way to add vitamin C to your baby’s diet, strengthening their immunity, as well as fibre to help with gut health.
However, like many berries, they can pose a choking hazard for little ones. To make sure you’re serving strawberries safely, we’ve put together a guide on how to prepare this yummy fruit at each stage of the weaning journey.
Vegan weaning tips from a nutritionist
When it comes to little ones, how safe is a vegan diet? How do you wean a baby in a vegan household? BANT registered nutritionist Nicola Ragon-Paxton offers her advice.
Why should I buy bamboo tableware for my kids?
As a parent, you’d give your child the world. But, many of us also want to do our bit to save the planet. What if we were to tell you you could offer your child safe, quality tableware without harming the environment?
How to safely serve oranges to babies
Of the many fruits you can introduce to your baby on their weaning journey, oranges offer interesting new textures and flavours to their growing palate. Not only can your little one explore a number of vibrant colours with this fun fruit, but its flavours also range from bitter to sweet, providing a great opportunity for discovery in one simple fruit!
How to safely serve broccoli to babies
Getting more veggies into your baby’s diet is a challenge almost every parent encounters on the weaning journey. One of the best greens to start with is broccoli. Its nutritious stem offers a nifty little handle for little hands to grab, while the soft head of the broccoli is squishy and easy to eat. Unlike sweeter veggies, broccoli offers a different kind of flavour and texture for your baby to explore.
Bamboo Weaning Plates – an ideal Christmas gift
Looking for a great Christmas gift for new parents or babies? Our bamboo weaning plates are perfect for parents approaching or going through the weaning stage with their little one!
Eco Rascals Gift Vouchers
That’s right! You spoke and we listened! So many of you have asked us time and again if we offer gift vouchers to purchase and redeem online against products on the eco rascals website.
How to safely serve sweet potato to babies
Sweet potatoes are a great first food when you start weaning your baby (both baby-led and traditional). They can be prepared in several ways that offer a diversity of textures to keep your little one engaged, and interested in the weaning process, and suit their tastes as they grow and develop.
Halloween Art and Crafts for Kids
From toilet roll bats, to monster plates and handprint cards, join eco rascals and keep your little ones entertained with some quick and easy (and spooky but not too scary) craft ideas this Halloween!
How to safely serve apples to babies
As your little one grows, they will begin to handle food, and learn how to grip and chew. At each stage of this weaning journey, they will require different consistencies, sizes, and textures in order to develop these skills safely.
eco rascals Halloween Competition
Our spooktacular Halloween competition entries are in and voting is now open!
Win a bamboo snail gift set
Our snail bamboo gift sets are anything but slow! In fact they fly off our shelves.
How to Serve Watermelon Safely
How to serve watermelon for babies and toddlers in the right way at the right age.
Award Winning Kids Tableware
We’re Project Baby Awards Winners “’This year, we won our first Project Baby Awards! We scooped up Gold for the best weaning products for our whole range of products and a second gold for our Silicone divider plate. We were so thrilled as the process to win involves feedback from real families who test the…
Win a bamboo duck gift set
You’ll go quckers over this eco-friendly bamboo duck plate gift set
Your Weaning Questions Answered
It’s easy to think that parenting skills should just come naturally to us all the moment we become parents.
Most of the time. It doesn’t.
At eco rascals, we always work with you (our awesome customers) to answer any and all questions you have about all things weaning.
“It takes a village.” We want to welcome you into ours with this brief guide to parenthood.
eco rascals Summer Giveaway
Win a fantastic Eco-Friendly cup and snack pot set – ideal for picnics!
Let’s Talk About Weaning – The Stages of Weaning
During their first year babies move from a diet of just milk to eating 3 meals a day with a wide variety of foods.
Of course, there are several steps along the way as they get used to eating solid foods. They’ll get to try so many different tastes and textures.
Exploring Food Together – Parent and Baby
Family mealtimes are a perfect opportunity for you and your baby to spend time together. Not only is this great for bonding, but it can also help your baby become a better eater, and enjoy a wider range of healthy foods.
Easter Activities for Kids with Eco Rascals
With Easter just around the corner it’s time to start thinking about all the cool Easter crafts and activities to do with your kids!
Tips On Reducing Food Waste in The Home For The Whole Family
Lowering your household’s food waste is one of the best ways to give our Earth a helping hand as well as being incredibly economic. Keep reading to find out the biggest food waste culprits in your home and how to lower your food waste.
Baby Weaning Tips
If you are struggling with weaning your baby please don’t worry, you are not alone and it’s something that most parents experience.
Healthy Easter Snack Ideas
Lowering your household’s food waste is one of the best ways to give our Earth a helping hand as well as being incredibly economic. Keep reading to find out the biggest food waste culprits in your home and how to lower your food waste.
Healthy Easter Snack Ideas
Most store-bought Easter treats are filled with refined sugars. Too many sugar-filled snacks will eventually negatively affect your child’s health.
We’ve looked high and low for fun and festive snacks for little ones this Easter season. The best part? They’re all perfectly healthy!
Ideas Why Your Toddler is Not Eating
If you have noticed that your toddler doesn’t eat as much as usual, this guide can help. Here are ideas on why your toddler is not eating and what to do.
How to Get My Toddler to Eat More Vegetables
Part of keeping your toddler healthy involves encouraging them to eat food they may not like. Here is how to get your toddler to eat more vegetables.
How to Teach My Toddler to Make Healthy Choices
We’re here to offer some advice. Keep reading to learn all about how to encourage your toddler to make healthy choices and facilitate their long-term health.
How to Stop a Toddler From Waking Up So Early
One way to ensure that your toddler has a healthy life is to help them get the right amount of sleep. Here is how to stop a toddler from waking up so early.
When to start weaning your baby
Giving your child their first foods is meant to be an exciting milestone in your baby’s development but with contrasting advice from well meaning family members and an abundance of information online, we’re here to simplify it for you.
Switch from the bottle to a cup
Transitioning from a bottle or sippy cup to big-kid cup is an important milestone, but as with all milestones, they’re not as easy as they seem.
What is Baby Led Weaning?
Making the transition to solids is a huge accomplishment for baby and parents. Learn what baby led weaning is and how it can help your family!
Teaching kids through food
We’ve made a list of the learning opportunities we’ve enjoyed recently that involve food.
The Division of Responsibility
The Division of Responsibility doesn’t mean parents are off the hook. There are still so many simple things we can do to help our children build healthy appetites and enjoy food.
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