Spoon feeding

[shantishanti]

I recently saw someone on this topic comment that it is unusual for a one year old to still be spoon fed.

Is this really true? Obviously wouldn't apply if you were doing BLW (we haven't been able to do that as DD has some medical issues), but for those who aren't BLWers, are/were you still spoonfeeding your DC's at all by age 1?

DD is doing Ok with finger foods and has some at every meal, but we are a bit limited with what we can give her (fruit and veg are difficult for her due to aforementioned medical probs) so she is mostly still spoon fed. She can manage to self feed a few loaded spoons but quickly gets bored/frustrated, and definitely couldn't get a full meal down that way yet!

I'm curious to hear whether she is really that unusual...

DD is 16 months and only just getting the hang of getting food ont a spoon herself. She tends to pick things up with her hands, or for more runny/messy things (soup, yoghurt, etc) we still spoon feed her. I wouldn't have thought its unusual.

I'd just keep giving her a spoon to hold at mealtimes and even if she only manages a few loaded spoonfuls, she's still practicing. And watching you eat with spoon/knife and fork will probably help her learn too.