How we came to design the me-feed-me range

When our first child, Samuel, was around nine months old he began to feed himself.

At first it was finger food. Then, once he could hold a spoon, he demanded to self-feed and would only take a few spoonfuls from us after a lot of coaxing. This turned out to be quite a stressful time for the whole family. Samuel was really frustrated that he couldn’t feed himself and we were worried that he wasn’t getting enough to eat.

We must have spent a fortune trying every combination of children’s tableware on the market. The result? Nothing really worked.

Then we had a life-changing idea. If we could not buy something to help Samuel, we would make something. Little did we know that this was going to be a three year journey, during which time we would increase our research group by having another baby.

For a long while, our evenings were spent making cutlery and clay bowls of all shapes and sizes which we would test on the children the next day. We kept doing this, making improvements along the way, until we were satisfied we’d solved every problem we encountered.

We think the Salmon Luke me-feed-me collection is the best dinnerware in the world, and the only one to really give young self-feeders a helping hand. We hope it helps you and your family to have happier, more peaceful mealtimes and more time to play, learn and explore together.

From our family to yours,

Anthony, Kaye, Samuel and Luke.