Toddler Using a Spoon
When a baby becomes a toddler, many parents begin to wonder when their toddler will start using a spoon. Using a spoon is an important developmental milestone that will start anywhere from 13 months up until around 20 months. All children are different and will start using a spoon when they are ready and comfortable. As your toddler develops, they will begin learning how to do more things for themselves and will probably want to feed themselves.
You can encourage your toddler to use a spoon by offering a spoon around 12 or 13 months and showing them how to use it. Your toddler will model your behavior and soon after will develop this important milestone. Just remember that all toddlers develop at different times. Be encouraging and patient with your growing toddler.
You can also do pretend play with your toddler and have your toddler pretend to feed herself or a toy doll. Parents may also want to find a fork & spoon set that has characters or objects on them that their child likes to make eating even more fun for their child!
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3/31/2006
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You forgot to add that you probably want to expect a lot mess and may want to just let your child eat with only a diaper on. It will be fun though!
My son just turned 2 and has been using "toddler utensils" for several months...mostly as musical instruments and ways to feed the dogs..but he's getting much better at holding them!! :) Actually, I'm amazed at how well his motor skills have developed over the past few months in being able to not only hold the spoon/fork, but to navigate it in his mouth. Ahhh how they grow up!
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