I second the ‘give them a spoon and sit back’ attitude (eventually!). Ours (now 17 months) would be so interested in anything I had, that he wouldn’t let me feed him unless he had his own spoon.
In fact – that’s a real trick to get them to take calpol – give them a metal spoon and let them ‘try’ to put the spoon in the calpol bottle! It gives them a nice clink, they think they might be able to get the spoon in, and you can get them to take a spoon full of the stuff!
Kids are great, although he’s only JUST gone to bed, wheras he should be tucked away, oooh, 2 hours ago!
Don’t know where he get the energy from?! (those who have met me may have an idea where this is going!
DrP