Mastering the spoon...

So we're up to eating solids now, if you can count cereal as a solid.  Personally, I like to think of it as more of a pasty, sticky mess.  Part of the solid foods milestone is learning how to master the spoon.  I wonder how much of it actually ends up in his mouth instead of his clothes, hair, face, my clothes, my hair, the carpet, toys...But at least oatmeal doesn't stain.  I think we're in trouble once we move on to carrots, beets, and mangoes.  How ridiculous would it look to feed him wearing a raincoat?