and spoon device comprising a handle attached to a sucking body the sucking body comprises a posterior region proximal to the handle and an anterior end distal to the handle a curved upper side of the sucking body defines a recess extending at least part way between the posterior region and the anterior end thereof thereby forming a spoon for feeding food to a person with the recess for holding the food application_number US 60950009 A description for convenience like numerals in the description refer to like structures in the drawings further for ease of explanation only the following description will refer only to infants however a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the teachings may also be applied to others such as small children for example referring to fig1 a combined pacifier and spoon is shown generally at 100 the combined pacifier and spoon 100 comprises a sucking body 114 attached to a handle 120 which may itself be hingedly attached to a ring 102 a guard 108 is attached between the handle 120 and the sucking body 114 the sucking body 114 has a posterior region 118 proximal to the handle 120 and an anterior end 116 distal to the handle 120 a curved upper side defining a recess 106 extends between the posterior region 118 and the anterior end 116 of the sucking body 120 the.