Around 9.5 months we started offering MiniMe's food to her on a plate. Before then I would prepare her food and put it on a plate and then the plate on the table in front of her high chair and place pieces of food on her tray a bit at a time. Around 9 months she started reaching for the plate (and almost getting it on some occasions) so we decided that she was ready to have it herself.
We were given some suction bowls and a mat that also acts as a suction but...wouldn't you know it...she managed to figure that all out and bowls were quickly lifted high up off the tray. There really was no sense in trying to keep putting them back on, so we just prepared ourselves for a few flying plates and went with the flow. For the first week or so either Dad or I ate sneakily holding the plate while she ate off of it, but she soon wised up to that and STARTED REMOVING OUR HANDS!!!
She's been successfully using a plate and bowl now for the last few months. When she is finished eating she starts picking it up to put it on the table. There have been a couple of plates that went flying onto the floor but that's only because Dad and I were too wrapped up in our own conversation to catch the plate before it was lifted too high.
Now that she is 1 and happily eating off a plate we decided that we would give eating with a fork a try. Just like the pre-loaded spoon way back at 6 months we have been pre-loading her fork for her at some meals. We spear something onto her fork and put the fork down on her plate for her to pick up and self feed. She then hands us the fork back. Sometimes while she is chewing she will use the fork to try to spear food herself, and has actually managed to get quite a bit herself (her little face is so cute when she does....so proud of herself).
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| spearing macaroni |
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| Trying to get some egg (she actually did at one point) |
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| Pre-loaded Fork |
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| Going for the red peppers with such concentration |
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