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My oldest (then 2.5 y.o.) started when he started preschool b/c it was the opportune time to start with bentos. It took a couple of weeks but he eventually started enjoying it and eating most of his lunch. I think once she can eat finger food you can get a smaller bento and start there. Maybe you can start at home to "train" her to eat out of a bento? I think that's what I did to get my son used to it. But I only did it for a week before he started school. We were also working on him eating on his own so it was a rough start for us!

We started around 11 months and after that, she messed with her food only intermittently for a few months. We would listen when she said, all done and put her down so she didn't have the opportunity to mess around. We use it as LO's personal 'to go' plate when we eat out in restaurants, picnics as well as her twice a week daycare.