https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:59:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921537 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:35:12 +0000 illumina 1921537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Yeah, I just try and move on too. So hard though. Lately she is worse with me...no throwing but literally refusing to touch food. But only for me...DH is fine! Grr! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921456 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:20:07 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 1921456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is also 13.5 months and can eat with a spoon as long as the food will stick to it (yogurt, mashed potatoes, thick pureed soups). It's super messy so I don't let him do it too often, but sometimes he insists. He likes to eat off loaded forks but he can't spear or scoop food with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921432 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:03:53 +0000 Mamasig 1921432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: same here. Too messy and he gets distracted. Shame on me ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921428 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:02:07 +0000 Cherrybee 1921428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I'm pretty chill about it these days - I serve up the food and if it gets thrown all over the floor I let the dogs in to eat it and move on! It's a bit easier for me to cope with though because she is at Nanny &amp; Grandad's house for all her meals Mon-Weds (she eats a fair bit there) and at nursery Thurs/Fri, where she eats like a horse. So what if she eats only quavers for two days a week - she's not going to get scurvy. *shrug* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921387 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:24:00 +0000 illumina 1921387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: ugh, mealtimes battles are my weak point...I cannot stand them. So hard to keep my patience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921361 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:03:26 +0000 Cherrybee 1921361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, 15 months here and she *can* eat off a pre-loaded fork/spoon but struggles to get the food onto the utensil. I say *can* because she is a little monster at the dinner table and prefers to throw her cutlery/food/plate/drink rather than consume anything....!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921351 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:57:59 +0000 daniellemybelle 1921351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 12 months, she can pretty much do it but there is a lot of flinging involved too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921288 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:24:40 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1921288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is finally getting the hang of it at 20 months, and able to actually scoop and put the spoon with the food still in it into his mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921285 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:21:51 +0000 lamariniere 1921285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921276 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:18:44 +0000 MapleMoose 1921276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 12 months and using a spoon...good enough to get some food but not super efficiently. She can manage to hold the correct end and put the right end in her mouth, and get a few scoops of food like hummus or yogurt but not pieces of fruit or similar foods. She often gives up the spoon after a few scoops and opts to use her hands instead. :silly:</p> <p>ETA: I feed her from my fork if she wants a bite of what I'm eating but I don't think she's ready to wield a fork on her own yet. I keep letting her eat off mine so she gets used to it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921273 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:16:34 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1921273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eek. I barely let him do it by himself at 21 months. He's fine with a loaded spoon or a little guiding and is good with a fork. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921151 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:15:37 +0000 travellingbee 1921151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He wasn't really able to do it well until about 17/18 months. He was using a fork at 12 or 13 months but he always tipped the spoon upside down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921120 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:58:15 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1921120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my experience, the more you let them practice the quicker they learn. It also depends on their fine motor skills of course. With LO1 I had a lot of time and patience for meals, so he could do it around his first birthday. With my second we practiced way less cuz I was busy with two of them at meal times so I think it was closer to 15 months? Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1921092 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:42:17 +0000 Beehive 1921092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably around 18-19 months we started working on a spoon with liquids (couldn't deal with the mess potential before then!) and around 22-23 months he was quite good at it, to the point where I could give him a bowl of something and not hover.</p> <p>ETA - we did forks well before, I think poking things was easier than scooping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920768 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:30:31 +0000 illumina 1920768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: @Anagram: @Boheme: good to know! I was at my parent's yesterday and they asked if she would be okay using a fork yet and I really had no clue, but it caused me to question it, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920762 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:26:34 +0000 Boheme 1920762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He is almost 17 months, and has been self feeding for a few months now, but only became successful with a spoon and fork in the last month. He doesn't really get the "scooping" technique with his spoon. He touches his spoon to the food, and licks it off the bottom :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920760 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:26:18 +0000 Anagram 1920760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She can do pre-loaded spoons and forks now and has been able to do it for a while, but she can't do the scooping part herself. She's 15 months. At her daycare, they don't even really LET them self-feed until 18 months, when they move to the toddler room. And even then, it's mostly finger foods instead of stuff you'd use for a spoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920756 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:24:46 +0000 autumnlove 1920756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started playing with one earlier but didn't really get it until 16-17ish months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920753 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:23:26 +0000 Adira 1920753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I don't even think I tried giving Xander a spoon that early! I might not have even given him a spoon until 15 months, so maybe it was a few more months before he mastered it. I can't remember. He's a pro now at 20 months though and hit-or-miss with a fork (which I started giving him at 18 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920741 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:20:41 +0000 illumina 1920741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fairy: @Adira: thank you! I thought I had heard it was more like 12-13 months and LO was behind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920717 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:14:03 +0000 Adira 1920717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say around 15 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920712 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:12:39 +0000 fairy 1920712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO did the same thing at 13 months, it takes a lot of coordination to self feed! She's still shaky and makes a huge mess at 16 months but is more successful now (starting about 15 months she could do it successfully) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-could-your-lo-self-feed-using-a-spoon#post-1920689 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:07:27 +0000 illumina 1920689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 13.5 months and cannot quite figure out how to use a spoon yet. Should she be able to by this point? She can scoop the food up from the bowl, but then drops the spoon...or if we give her a loaded spoon she puts it in her mouth, takes the food off but then puts the wrong end of the spoon back into the bowl! </p>