[renaissanceed]

When you allow your baby to self feed, do you put some on a spoon and let them put the spoon in their mouth (DD will do this) or let them get the food on their fingers and then stick the fingers in their mouth (she's less likely to do this) or use the mesh feeder or is there some other option that I am missing?

We just began with a small taste of avocado last week and are planning on bananas for this week and I'm not concerned about her actually eating just getting used to new tastes and textures but I'm curious about what has worked for others.

 

[lactivist]

I always put little chunks on the high chair tray and let baby have fun. Some gets in, some gets on and some goes to the floor. Lots of mess but such a great experience for baby.
Wendi

 

[sapphire_chan]

Some people like to do it this way.

 

[kalirush]

We did it about like that link describes- never any problems.

Julia

 

[LeslieB]

Great link! Thanks. I didn't really think about how baby is already used to different flavors through my breast milk. Very interesting and it makes perfect sense.

 

[ellacy]

We did self-feeding after 7 months. She gets her own plate, but only recently has shown an interest in using silverware (13 mo.) and boy is it cute!

 

[frontierpsych]

I'm planning on doing the same thing as sapphire_chan, i read that a while back and it just seemed to make sense.

 

[hottmama]

I have that link bookmarked, it's about what we did/do with our little guy. He's been able to pick food up and chew it since he hit 6 mos. and we started letting him (and even before that, in a few cases- sneaky crawling/pulling up baby!)