I originally posted this in Weaning but haven't had any responses so thought I would repost on this board - hope that's okay!
DS is nearly 1 and we started weaning at 5 months on the advice from our HV. She advised that he needed to progress to solids early as he was guzzling so much milk. Because he was only 5 months she advised against baby led weaning and to start him on purées.
He has always been a good eater and is now on 3 good meals a day of weetabix and fruit for breakfast then lunch and dinner are meals I've prepared followed by fruit or yoghurt.
The trouble is that as we started off with purées, he's always been spoon fed. We give him finger food such as chopped veg, toast, crackers etc for his 'snack' at 230 that he eats fine but he shows absolutely no interest in taking the spoon for his meals.
I've tried giving him a preloaded spoon that ends up just being mashed in between his hands and then thrown, it goes no where near his mouth. I've tried giving him an empty spoon just to hold but that just ends up on the floor with again no attempt to put it in his mouth.
Is there anything else I can try to encourage him to start to use a spoon?
Thank you in advance!
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Help - introducing a spoon!
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JBCG · 04/06/2020 08:09
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