I can see this could be useful, but if your baby is on purée it's no good. The spoon is too big and flat so when You squeeze the purée it falls off the sides close to the spout and you would have to stick it quite far into baby's mouth for them to get anything. Also by the time you are on mash – it wouldn't fit through the spout. The straw should be fine, but baby hasn't learnt to suck through it yet.