Trying to Earn a Seat at the Big Kid Table

I'm not sure if it's the tooth invading his baby mouth or just a random phase, but Timmy's eating habits have been very capricious lately. One day, he'll wolf down every bite I offer and the next he'll be done after one spoonful. It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm spoon feeding him or he's feeding himself little chunks from his high chair tray.

I figured if he's not going to eat much anyway, he might as well have fun. So even though I said he wasn't going to be feeding himself again for awhile with the spoon, I let him at it.

He did much better this time! I would hand him a spoonful of food and he would eat it and then let me refill it. The part of the spoon with food on it actually made it into his mouth most of the time.

Timmy Learning to Eat with a Spoon from Lisa Ottomanelli on Vimeo.

Of course, he is just starting to learn how to eat with a spoon, so we still ended up with a very messy Timmy at the end. But he had fun and there was some food in his belly, so I will call it a success!