Do you still have to feed lo?
Just wondering whether everyone else's lo now can feed themselves?
I still need to cut up zachariah's food (which I expect is normal) but I also have to pile it onto the spoon or fork for him. He'll put it in his mouth unless tired. He can manage a yogurt but that's very mycha 'dip the spoon in and hope it sticks' method.
I still need to cut up zachariah's food (which I expect is normal) but I also have to pile it onto the spoon or fork for him. He'll put it in his mouth unless tired. He can manage a yogurt but that's very mycha 'dip the spoon in and hope it sticks' method.
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He use to love his food esp hot meals and would wolf it down and cry for more. Now it's taking a hell of a lot conjoling (sp?) And as it's taking forever we do end up sometimes putting food on his spoon/folk or feeding him. This is a route I don't want to go down so we've been having a rethink he used to eat by himself at 5.30ish but now we are having him eat with us at about 7.30 (working fine at the mo but not sure how well it will work in term time) eating as a family is encouraging him to once again be more independent. As we are not just sitting next to him we are eating too. Also LO loves bread so we use that eat 3 and you can have a bit of french/garlic/nann bread.
I don't think toddlers are expected to be able to use a knife and folk til 3/4 - my DD1 @12 still uses them in the wrong hands :roll: which drives me mad.
So I guess the answer is LO can do it but is being mussy and choosing not to some of the time.
Jacob feeds himself too, using his fingers most of the time but I give him a spoon too and he usually attempts to use it a few times and sometimes successfully.
Meal times are very messy, to the point we often strip them both down to their pants/nappy at dinner time if we are having something with a sauce - particularly bolognaise as otherwise everything ends up orange!! x