Is it safe for babies to use children's ceramic tableware?

Baby 1 year-old, you can eat with a spoon by yourself. At this time, mothers will buy a set of children's tableware for their babies. There are also various children's tableware, which can greatly increase the baby's appetite. Children's tableware has a variety of materials, such as ceramics, plastics, stainless steel, glass and so on. What parents here want to know is, is it safe for children to use ceramic tableware?

Is it safe to use ceramic children's tableware for babies? Ceramic children's tableware does not rust, absorbs water and is easy to clean. Ceramic children's tableware under modern technology has different styles, beautiful appearance and bright colors, which is one of the choices for mothers to prepare children's tableware for their babies.

However, ceramic children's tableware has the following safety hazards:

First, ceramic children's tableware is fragile. If it is not broken, it may cut the baby's delicate skin.

Second, ceramic children's tableware is relatively heavy, and the baby may not have the strength to pick it up.

Third, ceramic tableware will be bright, delicate and smooth after glazing. However, glass contains heavy metal elements such as lead, mercury and cadmium. Generally, the brighter the color of ceramics, the more compounds such as lead and cadmium are contained. If the ceramic tableware itself is not well made or used properly, it may "dissolve out" a lot of heavy metals and directly pollute the food that the baby eats. If the baby eats contaminated food, it is easy to cause liver or other visceral poisoning and hepatosclerosis.

Therefore, most of the lead can be dissolved by soaking vinegar and acidic food (fruit products, etc.) before using the newly bought ceramic children's tableware for babies. ) You can avoid the "dissolution" of heavy metals by using colored ceramic tableware. It is best to buy ceramic children's tableware from regular children's tableware wholesalers or children's tableware brand stores to ensure product quality.

Selection of baby tableware ● Imitation porcelain (melamine tableware)

Advantages: smooth, light, heat preservation, not hot, not easy to deform, not afraid of falling.

Disadvantages: there are many fakes, and misuse of fakes is easy to poison.

Note: Imitation porcelain tableware has good chemical stability, and it is not easy to leave food flavor, but it is complicated to make and easy to be adulterated. In order to reduce costs, many enterprises use toxic urea-formaldehyde molding powder instead of normal resin raw materials.

Mommy should pay attention to whether there are enterprise details, QS logo and production license number at the bottom of tableware. It depends on whether the product is evenly colored, deformed and the surface light is not smooth. Before using it for the first time, it should be boiled in boiling water for half an hour, dried and boiled for another half an hour, and so on for four times. If white and black spots are found, they are fakes. Please don't use them.

● Plastic tableware

Advantages: good-looking, fall-proof.

Disadvantages: easy to precipitate toxic substances, unable to resist high temperature, easy to attach oil stains, difficult to clean, easy to edge and corner after rubbing, bisphenol A.

Note: Some solvents, plasticizers and colorants will be added to plastic tableware during processing, such as bisphenol A(PC material). This substance has been recognized as a toxic environmental hormone, which will disturb the normal hormone level, change genes and disrupt the normal physical and behavioral development.

Parents can try to avoid using PC to make tableware. Don't choose plastic tableware with messy colors. It is best to choose colorless, transparent or plain colors. Be careful not to choose plastic tableware with patterns in it. Carefully smell the smell when buying. Do not use plastic tableware to hold high-temperature food and oily food. Recommended only for rice. If plastic tableware is found to be scratched or fogged, it should be stopped immediately.

● Stainless steel tableware

Advantages: not easy to breed bacteria, easy to clean, not afraid of falling.

Disadvantages: fast heat conduction, easy to burn hands, easy to buy unqualified products.

Note: Stainless steel tableware is made of heavy metals. Unqualified heavy metal content will be harmful to health. If hot soup or acidic food is preserved for a long time, heavy metals can be easily dissolved out, and it is best to use it only as drinking water.

It is recommended to select qualified manufacturers, and the code "18-8" is safer. The larger the number, the higher the content of chromium and nickel, and the better the quality.

● Ceramic and glass tableware

Advantages: environmental protection and safety.

Disadvantages: fragile

Note: Glass and ceramic tableware are fragile and cannot be used by the baby alone. It is best to buy ceramic tableware with solid color and smooth surface. If you must buy a patterned one, you should pay attention to the "underglaze color", that is, the top grade is the one with smooth surface and no sense of pattern.

● Bamboo and wood tableware

Advantages: good thermal insulation performance, natural, not afraid of falling.

Disadvantages: it is not easy to clean, easy to breed bacteria, and the paint is toxic.

Note: The less processed bamboo and wood tableware is, the safer it is. It is best to use natural tableware. Because paint contains more lead, it is forbidden to choose varieties and paints with bright surfaces.

● Enamel tableware

Advantages: good thermal insulation performance and less harmful substances.

Disadvantages: variability, porcelain is easy to fall off after being beaten.

Note: Enamel tableware is rare in the market because of its high production cost and complicated technology. Mommy should check whether it is genuine or not when buying it, and don't choose anything with patterns on the inner wall. It is best to have a series of solid colors and plain colors. The simpler the better.

Enamel tableware has a short service life and is easy to lose porcelain. In order to avoid eating by mistake, it should not be used for too long and must be replaced after a while.