LOL this was my DS. Try him with a fork!

DS really loved forks, trying to stab the food with a fork (mostly failing at first but he got really good at it) but to start with we would have two forks going. Put food on Fork 1, give to DS so he can put food in mouth. Put food on Fork 2 - swap with DS. And so on.

We still kept the spoon around for yoghurt but we didn't really come back to spoons until he was nearly 2. He's excellent with a spoon now...he finally worked out that it was more efficient for some foods. Previously we would have to put the peas and corn on the tines of the fork!