Tracey - Caroline is now wanting to feed herself also! I cooked up some mince the other night with some grated carrot and zuchinni and a little bit of spaghetti sauce and when I heat it up I put some grated cheese on it which binds it a bit. A chunk dropped off the spoon the other night when little miss was refusing any more food and as soon as it hit the tray she grabbed it and shoved it in her mouth. My son was the opposite, I think he'd still let me feed him now if I let him the MCHN said that generally boys are lazier than girls and happy to sit and be waited on haha

I have a sheet on the fridge that has ideas for finger food for babies from about 8 months and it has the following on it: broccoli and cauliflower heads (cooked!), baby corn, sweet potato (sliced and then the slices cut in half), pineapple chunks (Caroline LOVES these!) cooked pasta spirals, sliced capscium, rice cakes, grated cheese, cheese sticks (real cheese, not the plastic cheese!), strawberries cut in half, sliced canned peaches, orange segments, watermelon, avocado slices, sugar snap peas (not sure I'd go for this personally!), halved grapes, pita bread sandwiches cut in triangles, sandwiches (i've done this with either vegemite or grated cheese, keeps her quiet for ages but not sure just how much of it she actually gets. I still figure it's good 'practice'), cooked pear slices, cucumber sliced lengthways, cooked carrot sticks. They even have lamb cutlets on it with a note to chop in to finger size pieces but I haven't been very brave with meat and just given her minced chicken or minced meat so far. She has surprised me with some of the above finger foods though so I probably shouldn't underestimate her!! I'm keen for other suggestions too!