Encouraging self spoon feeding

I spoon feed 🙈 I'm not keen on yogurt ect on my floor 🤣 she eats main meals mostly with her hands but I have started loading the spoon snd encouraging her to use it

We’ve found shorter thicker spoons are easier than the long ones as they tend to be used as a catapult 😂

We still spoon feed yoghurt etc on the most part or sometimes if he needs to go in the bath anyway we let him have at it 🤣 x

I just used silicone spoons and gave some on the tray or in a silicone bowl that maybe stuck to the tray. But I only did a little so it wouldn’t make a ton of mess. I only really did that with my first. But now with my daughter I havnt fully tried because I don’t want to deal with the mess of two kids. But sometimes when we have nothing to do I’ll give something like that for her to practice with

Honestly we just let our son eat with his hands and the other day he wanted to use a fork like we were doing. So I gave him a fork and he used it correctly. I think just watching us eating with utensils was helpful. He’s 13 months now.

Honestly, babies learning to eat is a messy experience. Best to just put a mat down and factor in an extra 10 mins for wiping down the floor. Sometimes I even have to wipe the walls down 😩

My girl is an absolute yeeter when it comes to food and spoons etc. I tend to put practically nothing on the spoon to start with until she’s got the throwing out of her system, then once she puts it in her mouth a couple of times I add more to the spoon.

We're doing well with the ones Emma suggested at 9-10 mo but since 11mo he doesn't have any motivation to eat anything and it's a nightmare with tricking etc so he won't put it in his mouth. On pause at the moment 🙈