My nephew is almost 6 months - in a couple of weeks. He can’t exactly feed himself.. but he does grab the spoon and yank it towards his mouth. There is no way a 6 month baby can pick up a spoon, accurately put it into a bowl, scoop up the food and then put it in his mouth and repeat as required. I sure wouldn’t like to clean up that mess! haha

Current thinking is that babies shouldn’t be fed the total mush that most people give them, instead they should be given soft foods that they can pick up for themselves. It helps them to develop hand/eye coordination and apparently helps stop fussy eating later in life - or something - I’m not entirely clear!!
I don’t really know the capabilities of small children but I think if they can hold a spoon then they should be encouraged to - although they are probably often fed because it’s quicker - like 5 year olds being unable to tie shoelaces because their parents don’t wait for them to do it themselves, they do it for them. Things like bread, I would have thought they could pick up and eat.
Like I say, I don’t really know but I figure that you can parent however you like no matter what ‘professionals’ say. It’s like we give advice to women but we don’t know what they do when we leave!!

(And yes, she probably did have a superbaby - I expect he’s at Oxford by now…)

There’s a story on the BBC website about what to feed children when they’re weaning (basically. it goes on a bit, but that’s basically what it’s about) and someone has commented that “six-month old babies can feed themselves”. Now, I know I don’t actually have a baby so have no personal experience, but I’ve had a lot of experience of my best friend’s baby (who is now 9 months old) and he can’t feed himself properly now, never mind 3 months ago. Does this woman have the most advanced baby in the world, do you think?

I too have the Cineworld unlimited card, and I think I’m going to go and watch it again. It’s the first film I’ve felt like that about for ages. And the soundtrack rocks.