He’s 15 months old and has just starting going to daycare where they support eating by himself.
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I would let him feed himself – and don’t worry too much about the spoon, fingers work well. My kids started feeding themselves in daycare from about 9 months. Kids tend to be faddy – trick is to find this weeks fads. You are going to need foods that they can pick up – you may need to put the food on the table, if plates get thrown to the floor. One thing I noticed, peer pressure is great, at daycare my kids always eat because their friends do. Foods that I have found that always seem to work that they can pick up: cheese sticks, bread sticks, rice cakes, bread, bagel with cream cheese, beans (black beans, baked beans, raisins, pasta with or without tomato sauce (cut with scissors if necessary so they are the right size to pick up). It is great – you get a chance to eat yourself once they feed themselves. Clean up is more time consuming though. I always ask at daycare what they like (tofu!)
He’s at the age where he wants to feed himself. Provide him with a variety of finger foods, such as cut up fruit, vegetables (defrosted frozen “mixed vegetables” were a hit with my daughter), pieces of bread, rice, pasta. Supplement this with more substantial food like chunky jarred food and yogurt. Give him one spoon, and feed him yourself with another spoon. He’ll want to try to feed himself with his spoon (and he needs to learn), but you’ll be sure more food ends up in his belly than on his shirt if you feed him alternate bites.
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