Mine is around the same age as Babybear, Aitch, and I've always had cutlery lying on the high chair - one of the nice little fork and spoon sets from Whittards. Haven't bothered with the knife yet. She does use it by default, but it's often abandoned in favour of hands before the end of the meal. We can do a whole bowl of rice crispies or porridge by spoon, and a load of baked beans with her fork, but for some reason savoury spoonables such as soup don't really appeal - still prefers the chunks of veg and bread. Mashed up food not really popular either. I've often wondered if this has been the down side of BLW in our house - there's still a preference for stuff that can be more neatly picked up - one piece in each hand! Nursery are very impressed with her cutlery skills though.... or it might just be they are impressed with her self-feeding, which always amuses me, since she's never really done anything else!