Progress

The self-feeding has arrived, as we knew it would. It's quite the task to let go of the food with your hand and grab it with your mouth at the same moment. She pretty much puts the food in there, opens her fingers, and then hopes for the best. Assessing what became of the Cheerio afterward is kind of a separate step in the process. My favorite part of this film is when I tell her the Cheerio is now in her mouth, and she looks at her hand in surprise, like "It is?"



She's also getting the sippy cup concept:














But it takes concentration. When her dad walks behind me and distracts her, all bets are off--she might as well be drinking from that sippy out of a paper bag while sitting on a park bench: