Just interested in other people's experiences on this.

My nine-month-old DD will often self-feed her first bottle of the day while she's in bed with me. That can vary between 5am and 7am so I'm usually VERY pleased that she can do this on her own with me just lying next to her.

But she's not interested in self-feeding her other bottles. This is not a big deal really but often it takes ages for her to finish a bottle when I give it to her. She's a very active baby and likes to have her hands free to bash the bottle or she'll get easily distracted and just keep getting on and off. It often takes up to 40 mins for her to finish. Obviously I don't keep trying if she's not hungry but most of the time she is.

So ... are other mums encouraging their babies to self-feed at this age and apart from cutting out all distractions, what else would you recommend?