I was pretty proud (and, if we’re being honest, impressed with myself) when I taught our daughter to eat with a spoon. And by eat with a spoon, I mean I put food on the spoon, hand her the spoon, she takes the spoon and sticks it in her mouth. So I was a little annoyed when today, out of the blue, she decided she no longer wanted to have a hand in feeding herself with the spoon. She just wanted to be hand fed.
So as I sat there, annoyed with my daughter, she grabbed some of the chicken (yes, that’s chicken) with her hand, and stuck it in her mouth. This was a first for her – she’s fed herself puffs, but not real food. Usually she would just play with her food and get her hands all messy.
Her hands were still messy, but there was no food left when she was done. So what started as a fail turned into a win. Albeit a messy one.
