18 months and not using a spoon???

[didsnbump]

My son is 18 months this week, and although he will feed him self finger food no prob, he has very little interest in using a spoon to do the non finger food stuff we give him. He will sometimes try and use his fork with his finger food, and if i help him abit will give it a go for a short while with the spoon.
Does anyone else have children that have been late to use cutlery??

[Knickers0nMaHead]

dd is nearly two and still prefers to use her fingers. I wouldnt worry.

[countesscaloriecounter]

My ds is 17 months and still prefers using his fingers or me feeding him. He will use a spoon on occasion, especially if I scoop the food up first for him. My DS is just lazy I think. Why have a dog and bark yourself is probably his reasoning.

[didsnbump]

Its good to here im not alone, i was thinking he might just be being lazy.

[Vicky31]

My ds is 19 months and still doesn't use a spoon himself. He'll take it and put it in his mouth if I load it up, but he hasn't really grasped the concept of getting the food on the spoon - he just jabs at the food with it. There is definitely an element of laziness though - he'd ideally like it if I put all his food in his mouth for him. I wouldn't worry, they all get there eventually.

[FaintlyMacabre]

I can recommend the Salmon Luke bowl/spoon set- a bit expensive but totally worth it IMO.

[simpson]

My DD is 17mths and does not use spoon either.

She feeds herself finger food type meals fine and actually refuses to be fed anything with a spoon. And won't try herself really either.

She will occasionally use a fork but gets bored and ends up picking food up by hand putting it on fork waving it around for a couple of seconds then taking food off fork by hand and into mouth

[simpson]

don't think 18mths is late to use cutlery either BTW