Introducing forks

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 7:56 am Post subject: introducing forks

at what age do you introduce a fork to your child, and how? at what age do you let your child use a fork on his own?
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Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 9:30 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

I think my kids started around 15 months? to use it on there own. I was giving them with a fork but my kids are very independent and wanted to do it on their own

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 9:33 am Post subject:

Nati is just now demanding forks and spoons when we feed him.

When I first started him on solids, I bought a 6-pack of spoons and forks for infants/toddlers in all sorts of colors.

So this way he uses both but there are no sharp edges.
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Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 10:15 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

my son was using one from a little under a year. I always gave him a spoon or fork to use while I fed him, and he figured it out.

now that I feed his sister, he doesn't like self-feeding anymore....

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 10:32 am Post subject:

yes, less than a year. They like it a lot better than a spoon.
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Use those non-sharp, plastic colorful kiddie forks.

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 10:37 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

arent u afraid of them poking out their eyes?

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So you sit with them.

It really depends on the kid. My first I would put something on the fork and leave it on his tray for him to pick up, from an eary age. My second rarely eats with a fork still (a year and 3 months). He just pulls off everything I stick on the fork.

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 11:00 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

First of all, they're not that sharp.

And second of all, I keep a careful watch on my toddler when he's got utensils in his hands. If I see they're heading for his eyes, I stop him.

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 11:13 am Post subject: Re: re: introducing forks

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 3:52 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

Here is my oldest giving my youngest his yogurt. Well, here she is helping him feed himself...

And this is the aftermath:

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Notice the yogurt zit on his forehead, the yogurt mustache and beard and the gob of yogurt in his lap... We were laughing so hard...

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 9:29 am Post subject: re: introducing forks

Yesha - he is adorable K"AH

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 9:31 am Post subject:

Thanks!