https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:24:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461315 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 13:07:17 +0000 Tanjowen 2461315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yes, it does. It has worked very well so far for us. It reminds me of the silicon cutting mats you see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461301 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:38:28 +0000 Grace 2461301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That's why we started using a placemat. There's a bunch of little fork indents by her place now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461300 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:36:14 +0000 regberadaisy 2461300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: does this stick to the table? We've just started our 17m eating at the table, instead of using her tray. She likes to stab our wood dining table with her fork... 😁 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461298 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:31:56 +0000 Tanjowen 2461298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this one from Babies R Us, but in red: <a href="http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=42969136&#038;camp=PLAPPCG-_-PID19228738:BRUS&#038;cagpspn=plab_19228738&#038;eESource=CAPLA_DF:42969136:TRUS" rel="nofollow">http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=42969136&#038;camp=PLAPPCG-_-PID19228738:BRUS&#038;cagpspn=plab_19228738&#038;eESource=CAPLA_DF:42969136:TRUS</a></p> <p>I love it. Easy to clean and rolls up small for storage or travel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461277 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:47:08 +0000 JerricaBenton 2461277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We all just use our regular placemats and I wipe them after every meal or I wash the fabric ones as needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461210 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:27:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2461210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it sounds like I need to go to target. Maybe we will go together and pick it out after her first dentist appt tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461209 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:27:03 +0000 hilsy85 2461209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but neither do we. Easier to wipe the table (which I have to do anyway) than clean off a placemat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461206 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:10:49 +0000 Smurfette 2461206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We have a plastic one from Target. Minnie. But some nights she says she doesn't want to use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461136 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:32:09 +0000 Beehive 2461136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Chilewich placemats for all of us (including DS). They're great because you can just wash them in the sink with dish soap if they get dirty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461107 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:51:44 +0000 Charm54 2461107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ezpz happy mat. Best thing ever. I love that it's all in one plate/bowl/mat so I just throw the whole thing in the sink to clean it and it's ready for the next meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461105 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:50:29 +0000 autumnlove 2461105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some plastic mats from Target and IKEA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461102 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:41:08 +0000 deerylou 2461102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same age, also eats at the table with us. Depends on what she's eating, really. We've just gotten a few Circo mats, from Target. They're between 2 and 3 bucks, and DD likes the colorful animals. Nothing fancy, but they've done the job just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461101 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:40:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2461101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: yeah she likes to take her bib off and wave it around before throwing it. :( The counters are safe, she can't really damage them, it just want to contain the mess. Might be a losing battle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461100 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:35:39 +0000 ShootingStar 2461100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our toddler sits at the table in a booster and we don't use a place mat. We probably should've because the wood finish has taken a bit of a beating. But chances are he's just throw it on the floor. It's fight to keep him from grabbing napkins and throwing them because he thinks it's funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-use-a-placemat-at-the-table#post-2461097 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:24:18 +0000 Foodnerd81 2461097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your toddlers eats at the regular table, do they use a placemat? If so, what kind?</p> <p>We just started having C sit on a booster seat on a counter stool at our counter, instead of her hook on high chair with tray. Unfortunately this is coinciding with her really wanting to drink out of an open cup, which occasionally spills. Plus the crumbs. Trying to decide if it's worth having some kind of placemat for her (she uses plates and bowls and such but sometimes puts food on the counter anyway) or just ride it out? She's 2.5. </p>