https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:52:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37496 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:30:10 +0000 Red 37496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: I'm not as much concerned about her getting messy as I am her flinging food around the kitchen. As it is, she likes to casually drop pieces of food on the floor so I can just imagine the increased trajectory she'll get with a spoon and fork, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37458 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:15:41 +0000 Andrea 37458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Red: Doesn't seem late to me! My daughter goes to daycare so I check out what the other kids are doing to make sure she isn't behind in anyway. And yes, it will make a mess unfortunately! Oh the mess, lol! I used to put an art smock type thing on my daughter for meal times because she would make such a mess and I didn't want her clothes to get dirty after every meal so you could try that, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37454 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:13:46 +0000 cyndistar3 37454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Red: Messes never bothered me really, I just put her in her high chair in only a diaper so I could just throw her in the bath after if it got too bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37439 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:08:06 +0000 Red 37439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Oh good. For some reason I kept thinking that I was starting her really late. Probably also a good idea to start with the spoon first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37435 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:05:10 +0000 Red 37435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: Wow, 10 months! </p> <p>I've been delaying giving LO the fork and spoon cause I'm dreading the messes but now that she's one, I'm thinking that I'll have to take the plunge. She's been feeding herself with her fingers for the last few months so hopefully she'll catch on quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37417 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:56:52 +0000 Andrea 37417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>spoon was a bit after a year. we started the fork at around 15 months but she still isn't great at stabbing some things with it now at 19 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37355 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:40:46 +0000 cyndistar3 37355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: well she was sitting in a highchair eating things with her fingers pretty early so I just gave her those little plasic utinsils to try out and she caught on really fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37349 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:36:27 +0000 Mrs. Bee 37349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: wow that's early! i don't think we let charlie use a fork until 15 months. and because he hated eating, we always fed him too. not sure when he mastered it (still has trouble sometimes), but i just bought some kid chopsticks for him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37339 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:25:11 +0000 cyndistar3 37339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our little one was able to use a fork and spoon fairly efficiently since about 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-using-a-fork-amp-spoon-correctly#post-37336 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:21:49 +0000 Red 37336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did you start teaching your LO how to use a fork and spoon? and when did they start "getting it"? </p>