Hello, I can’t find info via google on this so thought I’d start a thread.
I have a 14 month old who is stubborn as a bloody mule! He really really wants to feed himself, using cutlery. Finger foods won’t cut it any longer - he needs a fork and spoon, or preferably a fork and knife like his parents. Obviously he’s too small to have any real ability to use cutlery to eat his food, but he refuses to have anything fed to him and will only sporadically pick bits up with his fingers. This means he’s eating…well, not very much. Initially I thought he’d gone fussy and neophobic with food, but it turns out he will eat most things as long as he can spoon them into his own mouth 🙈 I should add that this is with main course mostly - when he has fruit or snacks he’s quite happy to pick them up, but he has to have his main course on a plate with a knife and fork. It is a combination of funny and frustrating for all of us 
How can I best help him to eat when he’s trying so hard and refusing almost all assistance? And does anyone have any tips about cutlery and crockery that will help him? I have some little spoons and forks he manages with but all of our sticky/sucker bowls have stopped suctioning…