self feeding at 9 months

Meryem - posted on 01/16/2010

babies at this age do not self feed completely...it is best to start them off on finger foods..i give my son foods like pieces of cheddar cheese, toast, organic rice cakes for babies, puff corn, banana and things like that. i still feed him his food but by giving ure baby finger foods as the above they will learn to feed themselves. Good luck ;))))

Ashley - posted on 01/13/2010

Mine only self feeds crackers and cookies, i give her mum-mum crakers from walmart they just melt in her mouth so i don't have to worry about her choking. she dosen't reach for her spoon when i'm feeding her sometimes she will grab my hand and pull to her mouth but that is as close as it gets to self feeding.

Katie - posted on 01/12/2010

My son would put everything but food in his mouth until about 3 weeks ago. Now he eats finger foods on his own. I was worried, but one day he will try it and like it and do it again.

Amanda - posted on 01/12/2010

My daughter refuses to eat pureed baby foods... I started with cherrios, but sometimes they're too small if they haven't gotten the "pinch" yet. But there are like, baby puffs by Gerber and they are easy to pick up, oh and the biter biscuits, my daughter loves those! Thats how she learned, now we're on to toast, pasta, veggies, and meats!

Jaimie - posted on 01/11/2010

ALL babies are different.. my sister had a baby girl 12 days after i had my son and my son is feeding himself... standing up and walking along side of thing... and her daughter is just now crawling.. you just have to give it time.. then do it at there own pase well that is at least what i was told.. and my son is almost 9 monrh and he is monster

Claire - posted on 01/11/2010

my son has just started trying to feed himself but he cant actually get anything on his spoon yet

Katie - posted on 01/10/2010

my son would not ever let me feed him! he skipped pureed food all together he eats with his fingers but doesnt understand the spoon thing yet (maybe because he went straight to finger food?) when i give him a spoon with food on it he just turns it over to see whats on the other side LOL

Ink - posted on 01/10/2010

Try giving the baby his own spoon at dinnertime? While he has his spoon to play with and chew on, you can be sneaking bites in with your own spoon.
Keep giving him lots of yummy stuff that he can pick up on his own. Maybe even share his snack with him, let him see YOU picking up the pieces carefully and seeing YOU guide them to YOUR mouth.
Monkey see, monkey do :-p

Kerry - posted on 01/09/2010

my lil boy self feeds himself finger food but not with a spoon at meal times iam not worried he will do it in his own time and its not as messy.lol

Debbie - posted on 01/09/2010

Its hard to get her to eat anything she doesn't feed herself. She had the puffs and yogurt melts but it wasn't untill I started giving her peas, green beans, peaches in little diced pieces that she started to shove the food in her mouth.

Connie - posted on 01/09/2010

My son started self-feeding at 7 months when we introduced finger foods. He loves the Gerber graduates puffs, lil crunchies, and yogurt bites. Have you introduced finger foods like these to your baby yet? The bite size pieces are perfect for helping baby develop those fine motor skills. My son grabs at the food, picks it up with his little pinchers, and it took him a couple days to learn how to aim for and put it in his mouth. Now he is a pro, and yells when there is no more food left on his tray.

Good luck, it is a fun and exciting age!

Danielle - posted on 01/09/2010

My baby doesn't either. I'm not worried about it. Sometimes I let him play with the spoon and such...it's messy but how else will they learn.