I was at my mothers group and quite a few of us had pulled out some food for our bubs. All the others ladies were sitting there spoon feeding their babies, while I was sitting there enjoying my drink and biscuit while Kyson happily munched away and fed himself I think they were all a bit surprised and didn't realise that their babies could even learn to do it at this age. I wonder if any of them will start doing the same now...

Hahaha!! Krystie, I do the same thing!! A couple of the mums have expressed interest and I think have introduced their bubs to finger food earlier than they would have otherwise. The other response I've had from others is in regards to the mess. I just tell them that their babies will have to progress from being spoon fed to feeding themselves at some stage and mess is unavoidable. They look horrified (it's not that bad in my opinion) and I am inwardly laughing at how they will cope when their kids get onto solid food.

In regards to the MCHN, you seriously can't win. Mine is pretty good, has "vaguely heard" of BLS and hasn't given me anything but support about how I feed DS but apparently he's not moving around enough and she wants to refer him to a physio if he doesn't improve by 9 months. It stressed me initially but now I think they really need to start to actually LOOK at the baby they have in front of them instead of running through their mental checklist according to age.