When will my little one feed herself?

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Here I am covered in vegetables and sauce afer feeding my 11 month old. When, Oh when will she feed herself?

i gave my ds a spoon to feed himslef from about 9 mths but still fed him his dinners until maybe nearly a yr half not sure lol fun days having mash in your hair and sauce on your nice top lol

[harsh] give 'em finger food and let 'em get on with it

dd gets about a teaspoon of yoghurt and fruit in the bottom of a bowl to practise her spooning on, and the rest is fingers all the way

Agree with MrsBadger. Harly spoon fed mine at all - DC1 wouldn't let me and DC2 did BLW. Think I will prob do the same with DC3 and watch them whilst tidying up the kitchen. It did sometimes get messy, but I found it easier than trying to get it in and constantly wrestling the spoon from their fingers.

Have given DS finger food from 6 months - it does make things easier

DD started doing it when she was about 13 months-ish. She was BLWeaned but as well as fingers I always gave her a spoon for stuff like yoghurt. 'Twas very messy for ages - sometimes food went in, sometimes it didn;t but I wanted to give her the practise and it;s really paid off.

Now trying to get her to master fork