Silverware?

lmj8284

At what age do you start letting LO try to feed themselves with silverware?  Kids plastic ware of course.

anonsouthernbell

We have been doing it w regular spoons since 6/7 months and we give her a fork sporadically, but not consistently as I tend to forget.

allardr

Since about 9 months I try to let her spoon feed herself maybe at one meal during the day. Sometimes I don't want to fight the mess though so I could definitely be better at this. I always pick something that'll stay on the spoon pretty easily then I scoop and hand the full spoon to her. She's pretty good about finding her mouth but sometimes just wants to grab what's on the spoon.

melody921

I think we started with DS around 10 months but he was well over 18 before he really "got it."