When can we introduce utensils to our LOs?

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I would say anytime. From the first day I started weaning at 5.5 months I let my baby have a go at putting the spoon in her mouth. She's better at it now after a month though she can't scoop yet. Don't limit their capabilities. They can surprise you with how fast they learn!

I started to give fork when my baby was 9 months old. Fork is easier to manage by baby as they don't need to scoop the food. I introduced spoon around 12 months old for food such as rice, noodles cut in short length and soups.

Normally you start at the age of 18-24 months. We started giving food in a utencil at around 20th month. She enjoyed it since we already had started off with baby led weaning and it came naturally to her.

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I started when she was 12 months