Pasting from random thoughts... IzzyMouse is 11 months (and breastfed) and still barely gets through the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, let alone the alleged '3-6 tablespoons' of food some experts say she should. And she's fine, thriving, busy, full of beans, on the same centile she started etc etc. Which is all fine cos I can demand feed and I know she'll take the milk she needs - not sure how I'll be feeling when I'm back at work and she's still nibbling at an oatcake at 15 months, but anyway. The first noticeable increase in quantity came at about 8 months, then again at 10, but she is very variable in how much, and what, she's interested in. In terms of 'getting the hang of it', she's very competent at feeding, now with a spoon too if I load it up, it's just that she doesn't choose to practise that competence!