Eating with a spoon

One of Emma's accomplishments this past month was eating with a spoon by herself. Sure, she is still covered in food. Sure, she is still eating some of it with her fingers. Sure, she still has trouble handling the spoon. However, she is getting better! And this was the first meal where she ate with the spoon more consistently instead of just a couple random times per meal (or not at all). She is still working on figuring out a fork. The trouble is that how her fork is constructed (dull prongs, with the outer two bulbous at the ends) opposes the stabbing technique. Any efforts to stab food onto the prongs usually sends it skirting across the plate. It's like a cat and mouse game. Plus Emma doesn't quite have the concept of stabbing with force; she daintly stabs at her food. It's a cute technique but not very effective for filling her tummy. Still, I am sure it is only a matter of time before she has it figured out.