Does waiting til 6mo make spoon feeding harder?

[blushingmare]

I've waited til 6mo to start weaning both of my DC and both have been impossible to spoonfeed. DD screamed blue murder whenever I tried to get a spoon near her mouth and DS just grabs the spoon and flings puree around the room!

Although I do love seeing my babies munching on real food, from the mess point of view I do I look at people quietly spoon feeding their obedient babies in cafes with a little bit of envy sometimes!! It got me thinking, I wonder if waiting til 6mo means they are more wilful and less likely to be spoonfed?

What are people's experiences?

I think it's mess now, or mess later really. Those "obedient" spoon fed babies will have to learn to self feed at some point and there will be mess! I did BLW with my DS who is now 2.4 and eats really neatly and tidily, so I think it's swings and roundabouts.

From my point of view, I think that BLW had advantages over spoon feeding that are worth the mess. Not everyone would agree with that, but that's my feeling on it.

My dd flung the yoghurt everywhere for a short while, but now will take the spoon from me and feed herself quite effectively. Less and less going above her nose...