Oral health is critical for a baby’s growing mouth, feeding skills and speech development. ezpz Baby-led™ Oral Development Tools are sensorimotor devices designed to help babies and toddlers practice their feeding, munching, biting and chewing skills.

Each set includes 3 pieces (Loop, Smile and Stick Development Tools).

The key is that all three of these tools are baby-led, meaning that baby controls how these tools are placed into their own mouth, and the built-in handles are made specifically for baby’s hands.

The Loop Development Tool has sensory bumps at the tip of the tool to stimulate lip closure, which can also help to decrease drooling. This tool has an opening in the center, which allows for appropriate tongue elevation. Tongue elevation initiates a swallow reflex to improve the swallowing of saliva, food and liquids.

The Smile Development Tool was developed to facilitate jaw strength for chewing and swallowing skills. It has an adorable smiley face design and sensory bumps to provide texture and tactile input to the mouth. This shape encourages jaw stabilization and lip spreading movements feeding, eating and speech.

The Stick Development Tool was designed to be about the length and thickness of an adult pinky finger. This is the size and shape that can help facilitate munching and chewing skills for baby-led weaning! It also helps to stimulate tongue lateralization for eating and preparing the mouth for a strong swallow. The tip of this tool also encourages lip rounding movements to help prepare your baby for straw drinking.