Boon Spill Catcher Baby Bowl, Blue/Orange

All the suction cup bowls have the same criticisms: they are not completely baby-proof. I feel like if you're a parent, you should have known better. That being said, you would hope to have some spill protection, and I think this bowl provides it.My son (11 mo) uses this bowl at his clamp on high chair on top of the tray. The suction on this surface is pretty good. If he gets curious and tugs on the bowl, it doesn't give and tip over. It CAN be pulled off by him if he is very persistent. Usually he does not spend that much time trying to get it loose until he is pretty much done eating and is getting bored. So basically, the times when he has successfully peeled it off and tossed it on the floor were only when I was sort of not paying as much attention to him as I should have, or when the bowl was already empty so I let it happen.The spill catcher is a little awkward for my son right now because I don't think he's quite tall enough for it to be really helpful. It's very close to his face because of his level with respect to the table right now, and because of that it kind of bothers him (leading him to grab and pull on it, and it can give some pretty good leverage on breaking the suction seal). Usually I don't even face it towards him. It has saved a few things from falling, and I think it'll be pretty useful as he gets older and taller.We have also taken the bowl with us when we go out to restaurants and things, and its usefulness varies depending on what kind of surface their tables and/or table clothes are. In most cases, just like at home, it CAN be peeled off, but if it creates any sort of seal, it gives us enough time to stop it from happening.Overall, I'm happy with this bowl. A regular bowl would take my son about .2 seconds to flip over onto the floor. This bowl resists occasional curious tugs and takes real effort to get off when on a suitable surface. On a textured surface or table cloth, the resistance is less, but usually gives me as a parent enough time to intervene before the entire bowl goes flying.

This bowl is amazing! No more lost Cheerios forever hidden in the realm of your child's lap somewhere. Okay, well, maybe one or two, but nothing compared to the twenty or thirty we used to find tucked to her left, to her right, under her legs, in between her legs. She could get Cheerios everywhere! Our baby started using this bowl when she was 8 months old and she is 10 months old now. We still love it and use it every day. My only regret was that after the first few times we used it and hand washing it, I got lazy and threw it in the dishwasher, top rack (which you are supposed to be able to do) and I swear that ever since then the suction isn't quite as good as it was when it was brand new. Still, the suction is way better than other products we have tried such as the Tommee Tippee mat system. The suction on this Boon bowl is just as great as the Munchkin bowls, but has the added bonus of the spill catcher to direct dropped food back to the bowl. Plus the spill catcher is somewhat soft and pliable and fun for a teething baby to put in her mouth and chew upon once the Cheerios in the bowl are gone!

Feeding babies and teaching toddlers to feed themselves is an arduous task. Until the baby has some teeth, or has serious resolve, most of the food is pureed and requires a bowl.That is all seems fine and you imagine yourself lovingly spooning the nutritious puree into the rosy mouth of your clean and cooing child.The reality is that most kids let you feed them about 5 times and then they learn to grab the feeding utensil and thwart our every effort. In combination, they lack the requisite gross and fine motor skills for feeding themselves until they are closer to 2 years old. You have to cede the spoon and the reality is that the bowlful of puree will end up on the floor/rug/chair/parental lap. Or, if your kid has a good arm, it will end up on all four things.The bowl needs to resist sweeping arm motions and stay in place as your cherub learns to scoop up their food with a spoon.You need a bowl with a suction cup. This is the right bowl. Buy more than one. Wash them well and push them onto the tray of your child's high chair firmly. They will peel it off now and then, but most of the time they won't.With this bowl there will be a bit less food on the floor/kid and high chair--this means 5 more minutes of whatever great activity you enjoy versus scrubbing down for the next meal. You may even achieve the lofty goal of eating (six or seven bites) with your child if they can't immediately dump the meal you just prepared for them.

UPDATE:*****Been using this for 7 months now. The bowl still doesn't stay stuck to the highchair and my toddler uses the lip as a handle to get some air when she throws it.The blue rubberized parts have become very discolored and has also taken on a rippled effect. The lip certainly isn't straight anymore and the same can be said for the suction part underneath...it has also warped.I have only washed these on the top rack in the dishwasher, so I would have expected them to hold up longer than they did.The good thing about it is that the bowl is orange, so the actual plastic doesn't get stained with tomato based food.I probably wouldn't buy this again as I had high hopes for it and it just didn't work out for us.*****Firstly, I was sent the wrong color bowl. I ordered the pink one and got a blue one. They offered to exchange it, but it was more trouble than it was worth so I kept the blue one.The design of the bowl is great. My baby loved to flick her food out of her bowl towards her and the little lip on this bowl stops her getting food all over her as with this, she tends to scrape rather than flick.The only issue I have with the bowl is that it doesn't stick to my baby's high chair.I have tried everything to make it stick but its eventually just comes loose by itself and my baby can grab and throw it.

I have a few suction bowls which stick to the high chair tray very well. My child is unable to remove these, however it’s not the case with this plate. It initially sticks but with very little effort, my 10 month old removes it with ease. I don’t think it’s anything to do with the surface it is sticking to, as per above, all my suction bowls work excellently. The plate is a nice size on the tray though and holds a child portion of food, that’s why I have given 2 stars and not 1. If you are in the market for the suction function I would not recommend. Hope this helps :)

Useful plate for my granddaughter when she comes over but doesn't exactly catch a lot of food! If you wet the highchair tray a little the plate will hold well so that it can't be flipped over.

If you put certain foods in it, the flappy bit stains. Looks awful! The flappy bit will catch about 2 pieces of food which gets wiped off by baby who will find this pointless addition fascinating. A really expensive pointless gimmick. Oh and did I mention it doesn't really stick.

Worked the first few times we used it, then it slowly started to lose suction. At the beginning of the meal it was stuck tight, 3 minutes in, it had lost suction and then we would have to tip the food on the highchair...What's the point in the plate? We didn't even dishwasher it just in case this affected the suction. Very disappointed.

These claim to be dishwasher proof. They're not. We've had three of these bowls- all have the same issue: as soon as you wash these in the dishwasher, the suction cup beneath them warps, preventing it from sucking properly.