I see so many pictures of babies with the spoon and fork. Henry mostly eats with his hands - if you let your baby use utensils, do you put food on it for them? If you let them scoop, what sort of bowl do you use so it doesn't go scooting around? And do they usually get the food actually *IN* their mouths?
Do your LO's use utensils?
Thanks, everyone! Henry was helping guide the spoon from the very beginning, but he stopped at daycare. We've given him utensils to play with, but the food usually doesn't quite make it to his mouth. The other night, the meat fell off the fork and he picked it up with his hand and tried to put it back on the fork. I thought that was funny!
The other hazard with a loaded spoon is the distance the food in the spoon can travel...ask me how I know....
Hands! Britney doesn't have enough coordination yet. She'll manage to get food from the spoon into her mouth only if she happens to put the correct end of the spoon in her mouth if I hand her the spoon. I think a few more months and she'll be more interested.
Erica (28) and my husband Ethan (28)
Bran just uses his hands - he has no interest in using utinsiles. I did notice in ods's baby book that he started using a spoon at 10 months. He's very independent. Yds would rather I do things for him.
Mom to Carter Pierce (7/15/07) and Brandon Bennett (2/11/11)
Cam can use a spoon messily for yogurt but he uses his hands too. I use the tommy tippee series (mat that sticks to the table with corresponding bowels, utenils, plates)
M/C on 3/2/10
Abigail Kate arrived 2/8/11 - our perfect miracle!
I just starting giving him a fork and spoon to practice with. He can kinda get some yogurt in his mouth with the spoon. And if I put something on his fork, he usually can get it into his mouth. But then he spends the next five minutes using his fingers to try putting another piece of food on it!!!
DD 03/21/2002, DS 03/27/2004, DS 02/03/2011-Allergic to Eggs, Peanuts, and possibly tree nuts....outgrew egg allergy 05/28/2014 at age 3!!!