Baby's Cutlery

Doddl is best baby cutlery sets to help self-feeding

If your baby’s at the age or stage where they’re ready to eat their meals with cutlery, we’ve got some great options for cutlery sets that help self-feeding for babies right up to 1 years

Watching your baby as they feed themselves for the first time is a momentous milestone – so it’s important to make sure you pick the right baby or toddler cutlery set for them to help with self-feeding.

It’s a significant stage in their development: holding and using cutlery allows babies and toddlers to develop their pincer grip – an essential skill for learning how to hold a pencil and write at school.

How do I introduce the doddl baby spoon?

Whatever weaning journey you have decided to take with your baby, introducing doddl baby cutlery is easy and has been designed to encourage babies to safely explore cutlery at mealtimes.

To introduce the spoon, just place it on the tray or table alongside their food and allow them to do just that.

Let them put the spoon to their mouth – whichever end! – during each meal and allow them to familiarise themselves with cutlery alongside their food. Start to load the spoon and place it in easy reach of them. Remember, it’s a completely new skill so you might need to be a little patient – but slowly they will start to put the food to their mouth.

It’s helpful if you’re eating with them too – babies like to copy! In time you can then help guide their hands to scoop food themselves, so they understand the movement from bowl to mouth.

How do I introduce the doddl baby fork?

You can introduce the fork at the same time you introduce the spoon; it’s perfectly safe for your baby. In a similar way to the doddl baby spoon, simply lay the doddl baby fork alongside the food on your babies plate or tray and allow them to pick it up and explore. You can try stabbing a small piece of soft food and encourage them to put it to their mouth. Once they have mastered this, you can then encourage them to start dipping the fork into the food themselves. Slowly you’ll see their control improve, and let them choose whether they use their hands or cutlery at this stage, they need the time to explore the food in lots of different ways.
Try to always put both the spoon and fork down at each and every meal (one utensil either side of their plate). This will allow them the opportunity to explore using a utensil in each hand so they can work both sides of their brain – which is ultimately what we want to encourage.