At what age did your child start.......

feeding themselves?

I'm just asking because I'm sure Mikey was quite a bit older than Maia when he started really successfully feeding himself. Maia has been able to feed herself pretty well with not too much mess (unless she gets full and tips the whole bowl over for fun) since she was about 11 months old. the food can't be too runny of course, she's not that coordinated yet, but she can handle pretty much anything else.

I dunno, maybe Mikey was a bit of a late starter?

Jack was just under a year for stodgy foods (like weetbix, mashed potato etc) but a bit older for things requiring more co-ordination. I think boys often like playing with food a bit more than eating it though

Neosha was 10 months and using her spoon correctly, I haven't fed her since lol!! she also held her bottle young though... 3 months

kiwisj wrote: I once nannied a kid who was 3yo and WOULDN'T feed himself when I first started working with him.

wow, 3 years, that's quite old. unless there was some sort of reason for slow development you'd think most 3 year olds would be able to feed themselves!

ellabellame wrote: kiwisj wrote: I once nannied a kid who was 3yo and WOULDN'T feed himself when I first started working with him. wow, 3 years, that's quite old. unless there was some sort of reason for slow development you'd think most 3 year olds would be able to feed themselves!

No he had just never learned He had been spoilt rotten by the maid so had never used a spoon, let alone a knife and fork.

I've seen 6yr olds being spoon fed at food courts here

(Sorry for the threadjack!)