My lo is 14 months, and he was eating well mashed food until about 12 months. i persevered with solid food, eg pasta, and one day he was able to eat it, even tho he had gagged on it the day before.
He has only, in the past few weeks, started holding his own cup and bottle. Again, he just started doing it one day, even tho we had tried to encourage him to do it for months! And he NEVER puts food in his mouth. We have tried everything, and I are just working on the assumption that he will be able to do it one day, as he did with the bottle.
I really wouldnt worry too much. i spent weeks worrying about Adam being "slow" at doing things with his eating, but after just 2 weeks, he is an expert at holding and using his cup. I'm sure Andy will suddenly just do all the things he can't quite master yet.
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