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OctoberBaby06
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Forks & Spoons
Posted: 12-17-07 23:05pm
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Lately Kaylee has been wanting to steal my
fork or spoon when I'm eating, so I'm
thinking she's ready to start trying it
out on her own.. I gave her a spoon
tonight with dinner & she seems like
she knows what it's for but she can't
quite get the food on it & get it to
her mouth yet.
How old were your little ones when you
started giving them eating utensils to
practice with?
Is there anything I should be doing to
better teach her how to use them or should
I just let her do her own thing &
she'll figure it out by watching me?
Oh & we are officially down to ONE
bottle a day & that's her "night
night" bottle. I'm betting within the next
2 weeks she'll be completely off it!
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 12-17-07 23:10pm
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Will you still give her something to drink
before bed. I can't part with her bottles
at nap and before bed. Those are the only
ones she has. She's been doing great with
the sippy. As far as the spoons/forks Ava
doesn't like to be spoon fed. She likes
to eat with her fingers or have me finger
feed her no matter what it is, beans, mac
and cheese, spaghetti. It's gets messy.
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 12-17-07 23:17pm
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Ahh I bet that does get messy! I have 2
sippy cups, one is designated for milk
& the other is for water or once in a
while when she'll take it, diluted juice.
I give her milk with all her meals &
the water sippy is out & available for
her all day long, I usually have to refill
it twice for her. So I'm thinking if she's
had a good size dinner & her milk with
that then she should be fine for bed, or
at least I'm hoping. I don't want to give
her up night night bottle either, I love
rocking her to sleep while she drinks her
warm milk but I think I read somewhere
that it's not good for their teeth to have
that milk in their mouths all night. I
can't remember where I read that & if
I even have that information right lol,
I'm tired..
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rosejackson
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Posted: 12-18-07 05:16am
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williams just started using a knife and
fork. he knows what to do with it, but
doesn't always manage to get the food on
the fork
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Posted: 12-18-07 05:49am
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logan started using spoons from 1 year old
and a fork from 18 months
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Posted: 12-18-07 08:57am
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i think i read that they master using
utensils around 2, so you should probably
be giving her one to practice with
whenever you want.
finn has to have a fork or spoon in his
hand while he's eating, he just recently
started trying to use it but he can't
quite get the food on the spoon and then
into his mouth. i've been giving him baby
forks and i stab a piece of something and
then give it to him, then he puts it in
his mouth. he knows what it's for but he
can't quite do it. it's hilarious watching
him trying to chase peas down!
and yay for one bottle! we're done with
bottles and i'm so happy. he gets dinner
and milk around 6 and goes to bed at 8,
and he's fine through the night. i do
still rock him for a few minutes before
putting him in bed. i can't give that up!
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 12-18-07 13:33pm
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macy HAS to have a utensil to eat. she
freaks if you dont give her one so if
course liam has to copy. ive been giving
him utensils since probably a year old. we
have plastic forks. he use to pick the
food up and put it on the spoon but now he
tries to use the spoon or fork. sometimes
tho he gives up and just uses his hands
completely.
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Posted: 12-18-07 13:50pm
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WHen joseph started on solid foods i gave
him utensils he didnt always use them but
now he uses them perfect. i just get the
lil gerber forks and stuff with the littl
ehandles that are easy for them to hold.
Im still trying to get jordynne on milk,
its hard, she HATES milk, she will drink
juice and water out ofa sippy cup but
anytime ive offered her milk even flavored
she refuses, i give her a fork all the
time too she tries to use it but uses her
fingers but it doesnt hurt to just offer
it at every meal eventually she will get
the hang of it.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 12-18-07 14:50pm
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Reese has been using forks and spoons for
about a month and a half or so now... hes
had stuff stabbed on his fork and he was
SOOO proud! it was soo cute... he still
mainly eats with his hands but he tries
the fork or spoon.. its so cute:)
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 12-18-07 15:54pm
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Okay so I'll just keep giving her a spoon
& fork at every meal to let her
practice  This is
making it more real that she's growing up
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Posted: 12-20-07 00:56am
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Nathan was an anomaly. He started using
utensils (mainly spoon) at 9 months and
was pretty darn good at it. He started
using a sippy cup around 10 months but not
all the time until one year. Nathan was
extremely good at using a plastic spoon
around one year. He HATED getting food on
him, so he was extra careful. Till this
day, his fine motor skills amaze me.
Toilet training on the other hand is an
entirely different story with him.
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 12-20-07 10:18am
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Wow that's great how good Nathan does with
his utensils!!
Thanks for all the input ladies!
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Posted: 12-20-07 13:01pm
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Mika holds a spoon now but that's only
because she tries to take the one i'm
using if she doesn't lol. She does put it
in her mouth but thats what she does to
everything lol
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 12-21-07 22:31pm
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lol that's cute Danni
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