One Step Ahead Snack Trap

Anyone with a toddler knows that Cheerios are now part of your life. They are everywhere—underneath the sofa cushions, in the car seat, at the bottom of your diaper bag. Now, easy access to snacks is, of course, important. But do they need to be everywhere?

The Snack Trap made by those smart folks at One Step Ahead is the only snack holder that has worked for us. The design is nothing fancy, but the fact that the seal has a pin-wheel like cut on it keeps even the smallest nibbles inside. Our experience with other snack holders is that little fingers have a tough time coordinating holding multiple “spokes” of the wheel down which often results in the dumping of snacks all over the floor/car/church pew (Did I just admit that I feed my kid in church? No, never … OK, I’ll go to confession).

Not only is the seal well designed, allowing for kids to fit their fingers in without getting caught or scratched, it’s also very strong, shake-proof, and stays on even when thrown across the room. Frankly, the only complaint that I have is that when washed in the dishwasher, the seals have discolored over time. Clearly, not a deal breaker.

The bowl has little handles on the side, which is helpful for little hands to hang on to. Another design plus, that other bowls don’t have. (There was one I purchased only to discover that the bowl was the size of a cat feeding dish. Spicy Girl couldn’t maneuver it well which frustrated her, and ultimately resulted in a mass dumping of the cereal inside.)

If you can’t find a Snack Trap at your favorite store, order a set online. They are also a great gift for new or soon to be moms. Put a pack in your next Shower Gift!

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About Laura

If you had told Laura that she would become a first time mom at 41, say back in her "spirited 20s", she would have said "That sounds about right.  I've got too much to do until then."  Well, she didn't really, and it wasn't exactly by choice. Seven years of fertility treatments later, it all seemed to make sense.  And with the words, "let's adopt," the adventure really began.  When her daughter ("Spicy Girl" b.2007) was placed in her arms at 11 months old, in a city half-way around the world, the idea of motherhood became the reality of "what the hell am I doing?"  All at once, life at home became a constant sociological experiment of nature vs. nurture.  "Honestly, honey, I didn't teach her how to do a forward roll at 20 months ... I couldn't do one when I was 20 years old.  It must be her hard-wiring." In her daytime away from mom-hood, she works as a higher education administrator where she does her best not to parent 18 to 22 year-olds.

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