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Are your LOs using utensils?

drbethcdrbethc member
in June 2012 Moms
Just wondering? DS refuses to be fed and only wants to self feed with utensiils...they grow up soo fast. :(
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Re: Are your LOs using utensils?

  • DawnLillyDawnLilly member
    I've always let him hold one since six months. He feeds himself with minimal spillage every meal. He's very clean, probably afraid that any might go to waste. Or, he could be neurotic because he goes and gets a spoon even if I just put a cracker on the table for him. Still working on correcting the "caveman grasp"
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member
    Yes, DD mostly self-feeds.  She is good with a fork and spoon.  She sometimes wants help with messier foods, or with shoveling it in faster when she's really hungry.  DS never let me feed him after 11 months, so it's somewhat odd to me that DD still wants help with feeding at times.
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  • JessieCupcakeJessieCupcake member
    He's getting better with a fork. It depends on the food. The spoon makes such a mess because he kinda just holds it any which way.

    He still lets me feed him quite often but he really likes trying to do it himself.
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  • acbfreireacbfreire member
    DD still prefers her hands, but she can handle a spoon well.
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  • GeekFantasyGeekFantasy member
    Nope.  We always give her one, we'll try to show her, but she always ends up using her hands.  
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  • BP607BP607 member
    Yes, DS will use a fork and a spoon with appropriate foods, but sometimes still resorts to using his hands.  
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  • Samiantha101Samiantha101 member
    Yes, she uses spoons and forks and even drinks out of a cup that isn't a sippy at meal times. I also serve her her food on dishes rather than her tray. We are no longer using a high chair, rather a booster seat.
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  • Meery82Meery82 member
    He does, but mostly still uses his hands.
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  • khill86khill86 member
    edited December 2013
    DS uses regular utensils (not toddler - we only started doing it because I found the toddler fork too dull and he had a hard time picking up some things with it) about 90% of the time. If there's small pieces left or he's really hungry, he'll use his hands.

    He also drinks from a small open cup very neatly. I credit this to bathtime play with a little plastic cup.

    We still use a highchair and his tray, though, but I give him a plastic bowl or plate on it. I guess we could probably switch to a booster, but it's just habit. He uses the space saver high chair so it's not like it's taking up any more room.
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  • patriciahomolpatriciahomol member
    yes. ds uses spoons and forks. he also refuses to be fed
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