Anyone else having trouble with spoons?

[*TripleJ*]

well DS is 11 months and he has no idea how to use a spoon does anyone know how i can teach him oh and he tips bowls over as soon as they go on the high chair

[Olive]

DD2 isnt great with a spoon either as we do BLS as well but she is pretty good with a fork! i just persist and help her

[*TripleJ*]

we do BLS too and i think thats why hes having such issues coz he doesnt have to use them but i really want to start giving him more foods but without the spoon hes not going to get hardly any of it in his mouth

[Swoop]

We're still only just starting out really, but when I offer foods on a spoon I hold the end and let DD grab it and pull it to her mouth often. I also give it to her to practice after which she seems to quite enjoy.

[feeb]

DS1 doesn't do well either he sees a spoon more as something to hit food with and make a mess with. He prefers his fingers, so if something is not easily eaten with fingers I spoon feed him a bit then encourage him to do it himself but generally makes a big mess and gets frustrated.

[hj1981]

Miss B is not the best with her spoon either! and drives me nuts! she tends to just "dunk" her spoon into whatever it is she is eating! and than when she does "scoop" we are trying to teach her to "scoop" she tips it upside down before it gets in her mouth! she is good with a fork! im thinking of trying those knife, spoon and fork set with the grooves in them - hopefully that will help!

[~Kim~]

My DS is not great either, but with DD we started giving her a dessert spoon or a melamine spoon that had a bigger head (some of the character set have them), so that there was a bigger surface area for her to scoop with.

She also had some huge plastic spoons to play outside/in the sand/in some rice in the bath etc to help develop the whole scooping skill.

[AnyDream]

If you can get some spoons with shorter, curved handles, or even the old style ones with a loop-shaped handle, it is much easier for them to hold.

Also we always ran a 2-spoon system - mummy/daddy holds one and then it doesn't really matter what happens with the other one, it all leads to better fine motor control which eventually means they can do it themselves.