And the Purpose of A Lid Would Be...

Yesterday, I started packing for a day trip with my daughter.  Gathering diapers, toys, food...and a bowl to put the food in, of course.

Since it was only a day trip, I was going to dispense the food into the bowl- so it was all ready.

So, I pulled out the lid to the Gerber bowls and noticed a small problem:

The lid is full of HOLES!

BY DESIGN!

It's full of steam holes.

It's not a LID at all.  It's a microwave spatter guard.

Now, when the package says LID, what do you think of?  Do you think of a flat object that fits snuggly over the top of the bowl so that the contents of the bowl don't escape?

That's what I think of.

Evidently, that's not what Gerber thinks of.

So, instead of supplying a bowl with a lid that would be capable of traveling well, they have sold me a bowl with a spatter guard for the microwave.

What I have to ask here is this:  why would you need a spatter guard for a baby food bowl?

It's freakin' baby food!  The only way that baby food would need a spatter guard is if it reaches the boiling point, which means you're a rotten parent, anyway, so you probably won't be using a spatter guard in your microwave, anyway.

So, for those of us who purchased the product wanting to have a functional travel lid, you're either going to need to tape up the holes or try to find a different lid to fit the bowl...

...or go purchase some Ziplock containers that have real lids.