Aitch asks for advice on Weaning Spoons. And still the world turns...

[AitchTwoOhOhSeven]

Hello there experienced Proper Mums Who Know What They Are Doing,

I'm looking for some advice on those spoons that you use when babies start to feed themselves. Until now I've been loading up the ones i bought to wean her with (before i discovered BLW, obv) but i've just realised that they are recommended for using from 4 months onwards so they're definitely not designed for self-feeding.

I've seen some with very thick handles, some with almost curly handles, some with weird suckers at the end but also ones with metal prongs or spoons... also DD's mouth is quite small so a lot of the spoons seem to be very big. i think that we are now at a stage where she wants to use a fork as well so if anyone has any recommendations i'd be grateful for them. especially if they are cheap.

Whats wrong with the small rubbery ones - the ones you say are 4 months +? Or do you mean something deeper, to really load it up?

something like this?

I happened across some really nice ones that ASDA were selling not so long back... not too big, not too small and easy for toddlers to handle. Choice between monkey or duck design

The 4m ones have handles that are too long, IMO.

The curved ones - well, they're OK if your child uses them the right way round. DS1 used to hold them so that they curved away from him mouth - and would NOT allow me to adjust them - he likes making life hard for himself

Well no idea on forks obviously , but for spoons dd seems to like the heinz rubbery ones that come in a twin pack (available from Tesco and others). I think they're supposed to be from 6 months, but can't quite remember. They seem to hold more than those tiddley tommee tippee ones.

best thing ever is egg spoons from tchibo. failling that, ikea spoons are beloved here (rather a large bowl though) there is a penguin stand for them.

disclaimer: i am definitely Do Not Know What I Am Doing.

Aitch, bit of a hijack, but DH converted at least three couples to BLW in an M&S cafe today. He took the DSs there for lunch and they each had a sandwich. DS2 scoffed nearly the whole thing and three different tables of people were talking about him, trying to work out how old he was - they wouldn't believe he was only 11mo!

Oh, and one couple were with their 9mo granddaughter and said they'd try it with her!

DD2 has the sucker ones.

She managed to unsucker it.

We gave up and just give her finger foods or put a bit of her food on her high chair tray and she feeds herself w/her hands.

She's nearly 13 months.

quootie where did you get that image from? that looked nice. am off to look at egg spoons and ikea stuff now.

i saw some in blooming marvellous catalogue which had spingy attachments and suckers on the end, so they dont chuck em on the floor...

thought for half a sec, hey, that looks good', then realised ds3 would merely take that as a challenge and be completely distracted from the meal at hand...

sorry, no 'tips' of any use... (but then, i dont fall into the PMWKWTAD category either)

here you go

Look at the website name

baby bjorn spoon and plate on ebay

how hilarious, hunker. my mum is cunningly going round various cafes in glasgow with her golden girl chums and their grandbabies doing stealth-BLW. apparently it's the talk of the steamie on the auld biddie circuit. (go on, expat, tell us what that means then!)

doh! too late.

Quoots - you are a fast drw on that keyboard, chick

Puir auld biddies!

They didnae ken what they were doing back when theirs were weans.

How about normal teaspoon or the toddler fork and spoon - tommee tippee not to long.

I dont think ergonomically designed weaning spoons are much cop, tbh, its just creating an extra step inbetween fingers and cutlery. They'll do it when they are ready - same as the weaning.

naw they bloody didnae

i like the look of the babybjorn ones, but i wish they had a fork.

and expat, it was 'the talk of the steamie' that i think needs explaining... don't let it defeat you.

i'll have a look at the tommee tippee ones too if they've got a fork, ta vvvqv.

Personally, I'd lob him a set of chopsticks and let him get on with it.

But all the steamies are away now, aren't they, Aitch ?

My MIL, of course, remembers them vividly, but she's an auld biddie.

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