It is always good to have your baby self-feed as it will save you a lot of time eventually. Of course, the earlier you start them, the faster they get the hang of it and the longer you will be free of feeding them. BUT, you need to be prepared for MESS.

Unfortunately, babies fine motor skills are not quite there yet and they do need practice.  With both girls, I started letting them feed themselves once they started showing readiness and could grasp objects, generally around or just before a year old. And by two or even before, they were both feeding themselves.

See here, T2 who used to love eating from the floor like a dog, tosses her raisin bread onto the carpet. Shish…..should have used a mat!

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And then she picks them off the carpet! YIKES!!!

I didn’t allow it to enter her mouth, of course, although it really wasn’t a big deal. A little carpet fibre wouldn’t kill.

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