How did you teach your baby to use a spoon?

It's messy but it's adorable. What I did was let my daughter start with a fork first, the gerber baby forks. I put her food in front of her and helped her stab it at first and have fun. When she couldn't do it on her own, I put the food on the fork for her and let her guide it into her mouth. She still doesn't have the hang of it and most times I have to put the food on the fork for her, but she feeds herself that way and has fun. As far as those suction bowls, I agree with another poster....our little one just pulled the bowl right up and mom had to mop. I give her a spoon while I have a spoon too. I let her dip a bit into whatever we're eating and let her put it in her mouth. Little bits here and there and I figure she'll get the hang of it eventually. I tried the spoons with the holes and I swear they were worse. So again, little bits on the spoon and if she wants to hold whatever food it is, I put a bit in a container and I mean a TINY BIT and let her have fun. Eventually she loses interest and wants me to feed her but I let her go for as long as she wants to so that she can learn slowly.