As toddlers begin to exercise their independence, parents often find themselves in tricky situations as they try to balance supporting their child’s desire to do everything themselves with a desire to not have everything in their house broken or ruined. Eating time is a great example of this. Darah prefers to drink out of a cup with no lid. But she spills her drink at almost every meal (2 out of 3, I’d say). She wants to drink like a big girl, and she’ll never get the hang of it if she doesn’t get to practice, but mom and dad grow tired of cleaning up the spills, especially when they fall to the carpet below the table!
Today I’m featuring a product that can’t help us with our big girl cup dilemma, but it CAN help with snack time. It’s called the Gyro Bowl, and it is a VERY clever invention! This is an absolutely fantastic product to have when your child starts to want to carry their own snacks around, or hold their snacks in the car. You’ve really just got to watch the following short YouTube clip to see how it works!
While I do think that you need to not only let your kid use a product like this, but also get some practice with a more traditional bowl, this really is a great way to get them started with confidence. It also will save you LOTS of lost Cheerios, I promise!
My favorite place to use the Gyro Bowl is in the car. When Darah wants a snack, I don’t have to constantly hand food back to her, nor do I have to worry that her snacks are going to spill everywhere, causing both a mess and a tantrum.
Buy it!: Gyro Bowl is available online for $14.99 plus s+h, and at that price you get 2!
Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to score a Gyro Bowl for your little mess maker!
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Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Food stains are common around here.
Cereal! My little one has a terrible habit of spilling hers!
I keep making the mistake of giving my kids snacks in the car – makes a big mess
After school mess books, paper, snacks all over living room daily!
Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
My daughter loves her snacks but I am not sure who eats the most, her or my carpet. The Chex mix is great but those little traiangles of cheddar cheese crackers really can hurt the feet when you step on them .
laura dot hopelessromantic dot emerson at gmail dot com
poptart peices everywhere
Cheez it crackers. day after day after day! Sooo tired of crumbs on the floor!
Toys! Our house is a never-ending toy box that always needs picked up…every single room ends up with a toy mess throughout the day, at some point or other. It’s exhausting at times, keeping it cleaned.
Cereal is our downfall.
when they try to get cereal for themselves, not to mention legos!
always picking up popcorn after my kids
ericka082 at gmail dot com
diffently ceral dry or wet it doesn’t matter it seems I am always cleaning it up
Cheerios seem to get everywhere!
my son is the worst with cereal it usually ends up all over the floor or table..mainly because he overfills it
Cereal when they are snacking.
The biggest mess we usually have over and over is little snacks in bowls..they get busy and distracted then I find myself sweeping it up.
Seems like I’m always wiping the kitchen table off!
I’m always picking up legos and sweeping the kitchen floor. 😀
I give my 2 and 4 year old dry cheerios or fruit loops in a cup.. and well.. I am not sure if any of it even gets in their mouths!
CJ has started eating things like crackers and cheerios. He’s pretty good with the crackers but the cheerios…he doesn’t have a grasp on sitting still with the bowl.
There is always something ‘crumby’ on the floor. That’s why I’m glad we have linoleum instead of carpet.
My 17 month old really can make a mess! I am constantly sweeping up cheerios! But, that’s okay! I know kids aren’t self cleaning 🙂
My youngest is 18 months old and while it would be easier to spoon feed him each meal, we really want him to learn to eat all on his own. This leaves for a very messy dining room 3 times a day.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Danielle
Spilled water, spilled milk. Crumbs, smears of whatever oily saucy food she might eat. My clothes used as her napkin.
Im always cleaning up cracker crumbs off the floor!!
Seems I am always crawling around cleaning up puffs, yogurt melts, and chunks of “Baby Mum Mums,” most half eaten and stuck in the carpet.
Seems that crumbs from toast, puffs, cheerios are always finding their way to the floor to be picked up.
What doesn’t my baby spill on the floor is the better question! 🙂
Toys and if it makes crumbs, she will have it all over the carpet and couch.
kport207 at gmail dot com
While I’m not a parent, I have done a considerable amount of babysitting. The biggest mess that I always find is at the dinner table. Smashed food EVERYWHERE! lol
We don’t have kids yet but several friends and family members have young ones that makes messes at our place. We normally have dry cereal and cracker crumbs left around.
pd6914 at gmail dot com
I am forever cleaning up cereal, it is never ending with 4 children! Ahhhh! Help me!
Tearing books off of the bookcase is a constant mess.
My daughter loves to remove every.single.book. from her bookshelf. Since she hasn’t figured out how to put them back on the shelf, she then just leaves them scattered on the floor, and waits for us to put them back on the shelf so she can do it all over again. (Since Grandma was a teacher, she has a TON of books already.)
I have so many goldfish crackers in my car on the floor, in the carseat…
Food messes? or any mess?? The biggest mess right now is that the kids get lazy and throw their clean clothes on the floor with the dirty clothes that they never quite make it to the bathroom with… So I end up redoing laundry so much. It is soo frustrating…
food mess.. Cereal is an ok snack… but I wish it would stay at the table. Today we found a cup of cheerios dumped over in our closet. GAH!
They always spill cereal.
the cereal bowl – milk and cereal can be precarious for even dad to safely handle
crumbs and little pieces all over the floor 🙁
Crackers and cheerios, so many times weekly!
chips… I find them everywhere. all crunched into the carpet, on the couch. This would be perfect!
hazel
hwilcox2008@gmail.com
I dont have kids but this bowl is neat!
my daughter leaves the little fruit puffs everywhere.
Kids love to eat popcorn and watch a movie and of course the couch is eating more than they do so it will be perfect for them 🙂
MY SON IS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD SO WE ARE JUST STARTING THE SOLID FOOD EATING PROCESS, BUT I AM SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MESSES TO COME 🙂
shebebes@yahoo.com
Cereal, always cereal!!
They spill their cereal and rice dishes the most.
priscillavbenavides@yahoo.com
My kids (and me!) make a giant mess with popcorn on movie night!
Crumbs under the kitchen table!
I’ve seen these! My toddler is always making every kind of mess… I can’t believe how many times I’m sweeping/vacuuming under his seat.
my niece needs this food everywhere lol
I have a 1 and 3 yr old that both are always spilling dry cereal!
My daughter loves cheerios, so they are usually everywhere on the floor.
My daughter, bless her, is trying to help with the pets by giving them food and water….so, after she is done, I have to give them food and water AGAIN and clean up all that she spilled! lol I’m really glad she’s learning responsibility, but do they perhaps make a gyro bowl that my cats can eat and drink from?!?! 🙂
I am constantly picking up popcorn and cereal..lol!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway 🙂
Renee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
cereal seems to be the most frequent
thank you
tatertot3741@gmail.com
oh i am forever cleaning up cheerios or those yogurt melts! and i dont know how but they get everywhere!!
My kid likes to rearrange the whole house.
b(dot)cardone(at)hotmail(dot)com
Oatmeal on the carpet, always seems to happen. Not sure how he manages, but he always does. It is sometimes a bear to get out.
My daughter is constantly spilling popcorn and/or goldfish crackers all over the family room
little guy always wants to have granola bars, but he drops crumbs all over the floors and the couch.
email RonaleeDuncan{at}aol{dot}com
orange juice and milk glass spills 🙂
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I am so tired of everything spilling all over the floor.. so if this works I will be a huge fan!! thanks! mommamelvin at gmail dot com
OMG!!!! POPCORN SEEMS TO JUMP OUT OF THEIR BOWLS AND ONTO THE FLOOR OR IN THE COUCH!! 🙁
My son loves cheerios ,but he makes a mess. I’am constantly picking after him. This would really help.
mysteri_015 at yahoo dot com
dishes, they just don’t understand why i want them to use their hands as plates
Our son keeps dumping his cereal.
the worst is stuff you don’t find until later – spills I see are problems solved
I think my husband is the messiest. He is always making snacks with shredded cheese and getting it everywhere. It is really hard to scrub up dried on cheese.
Spilled milk is my pet peeve. The 17-month-old is constantly leaving his milk cup on it’s side (or upside down) to leak all over everything!
O’s— EVERYWHERE!!!! Everytime!!
inalak at msn dot com
Crayons, puzzle pieces and legos are always on the floor! Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
Renee Walters
Bored2quickly@hotmail.com
Spilled Cereal, definitely. Anything that usually starts in a bowl, plate, or cup, ends up on the floor.
Cups and water bottles laying around.
dolniaks at consolidated dot net
split milk is a daily occurance!
I make a “trail mix” of assorted snacks just to make snack time a little more interesting, but the girls I nanny for end up using it as a literal trail mix! It ends up from one end of the house to the other, then they try to follow behind it and pick up the pieces off the floor to eat them! What a mess (and an adventure!), but they’re two and couldn’t be any cuter! They could, however, be neater and this would be awesome for them (and me!).
toys and clothes!
My grandsons highchair always needs to be scrubbed
jofo120 at yahoo dot ocm
throwing food on the floor from his high chair
cereal cereal everywhere
Id say their toys or legos around the house.
My kids will get into the food pantry daily, pull out things and try to build with the cans. When I ask them to put things back they usually end up break a jar or smashing a can!
My two little grandkids are extremely messy. They are always spilling food and drinks, and I am constantly having to cleam up after them. They spill cereal and cookies and stuff on my carpet and are always stepping on it grinding it into the carpet. Please enter me. Thanks!
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
my 3 little grandsons can make more of a mess in less than a second,,spills are a daily occurrance,,this would be nice to have
My grandson spills his cereal every single morning (no milk of course, just cereal pieces), but it gets all over the floor, sofa, etc. Then the dogs end up cleaning it up like a vaccum. Would love to try this bowl!
Our little guy loves the organic puff snacks and they are all over the house not to mention the car!
In the house it’s not a problem because our Chocolate Lab doesn’t let food sit on the floor too long but the car is another story!
Kims2312@Verizon.net
Cheerios on the floor
vmkids3 at msn dot com
cheerios!
annae07 at aol dot com
spilled treats EVERYWHERE!
Ugh…where to begin! My grandson who I keep daily LOVES making messes. As soon as he decides he’s finished…DUMP! Doesn’t matter what it is…
Always food in the hair!
hisprincess886 at yahoo dot com
I find cereal on the floor more than anything!
My son loves throwing EVERYTHING on the floor!
spilled cereal and treats
throwing food on the floor from his high chair and leaving cookie crumbs everywear