I am guilty of just sending in photo of 10 month old Mlle mangetout using a spoon. She definitely does not use it to dip in her bowl herself. Rightly or wrongly we load up a couple of spoons which she usually aims to her mouth, but after that we leave her to it and she picks up the bowl and starts licking it out. I still see it as baby leading the way, but getting a bit of practice in along the way.