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lisamoe
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eating with a fork
lisamoe
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for mobiles: eating with a fork.
How old was your LO when they consistently used the fork? spoon?
I have been giving DS the fork for the longest time. He will eat off of it when we put food on it for him, but never attempts to stab at the food himself. He definitely prefers eating with his hands.
Any advice on how to get him to eat with it? The spoon he will do ok with, but he's just done yogurt and pudding, which is pretty easy.
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Re: eating with a fork
DS still uses his fingers a lot, but easily uses a spoon, especially when it's necessary. He's only recently really become proficient with the fork. For the longest time he just struggled with stabbing things properly, I guess.
I think he started regularly using a spoon at like 18mo or so. But, like I said, he still uses his fingers a lot. Like, he just had cut up cheese, cucumber, and honeydew for lunch. He ate it all with his fingers.
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I started giving DS his own spoon when he was around 6m old bc he would take mine. Once he was around one I would give him a fork as well. He has the spoon down really well but the fork he struggles with sometimes. He knows how to poke/stab the food and get it to his mouth, but would prefer to use his hands sometimes. I would say just keep offering it and putting the fork out when he is eating.