Ooh, ooh - we've had a cutlery breakthrough at 13 months. Small seized a stray teaspoon from the tabletop and proceeded to scoop up her pasta and feed herself. It took dogged determination and a Very Long Time - more got shovelled up and over the edge of the plate than went in her mouth. The mess levels are comparable to the early days. However, she stuck to it, diving in for a fistful whenever the frustration got too much but kept coming back to the spoon. After a repeat preformance at breakfast, I dashed to Woolies to purchase cutlery as recommended on this thread and now she is getting a spoon and fork with every meal. (Although we don't aknowledge the fork - its Too Strange). She does really want to practice the new skill - I gave her a ladle and the colendar as amusement whilst I cooked supper and she (awkwardly) used them to feed herself imaginary food.