Head of the Table

You're definitely an old pro at feeding yourself with your hands. I remember how excited we were when you learned how to grab food, and then pinch it more delicately (although you sometimes really just feel like grabbing food anyway and mushing it to smithereens). Lately you've even been chewing food, reaching in your mouth, taking the food out, looking at it and then putting it back in your mouth again.

Well, we're working on another couple fun and potentially equally messy eating milestones.

First off, you're really interested in how cups work and how to drink (or pour) liquid out of them.
It's a fun new toy that can leave you realllllly soaking wet.



Secondly, you've advanced to mostly eating whatever we're eating. This experiment has had varying degrees of success. But last night...oh man...last night you couldn't get enough of the chicken Basil Thai Fried Rice that I made. It had okra, tomatoes, eggplant and thai basil fresh from our garden (and mine had our fresh jalapenos in it, but I spared your Mommy and you that treatment). While cooking I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that you would probably not like it (we had struck out on a rice dish pretty abysmally a few nights before).

But you LOVED it!




You've had some experience feeding yourself yogurt with a spoon, but for the past two nights you've shown some real aptitude and creativity in this department. The second night was a bit cleaner than the first, and you were very vocal about how funny and awesome you thought feeding yourself actually was.





After your yogurt course, while Mommy drew your (much needed) bath, I bribed you into saying one of your new words on camera. With Graham Crackers in hand, you munched on (and said the word ) "Cooook keeehhhhh"s!