So, we are trying to master the art of "self-feeding" these days. Up until now, feeding himself with his fingers, or us feeding him with the fork or spoon, seemed to work just fine for him. For several months we would scoop the food on the utensil and then let him put it in his mouth. Well, now Mr. Independent has decided that we CAN NOT feed him anything, and he must do it all himself. It has been a messy experience letting him explore and try on his own, but a funny one as well. We have let him feed himself lots of different things, and he is actually doing really well and picking up pretty fast. Before you know it, he is going to be an "official self-feeder!"
SO- "Spaghetti night" has always been a favorite for Parker, so you can imagine how excited he was to do it all on his own for the 1st time. So, we gave him a "big boy bowl" of spaghetti, a Go Diego Go fork, and let him just go to town. I couldn't believe how fast he shoved that spaghetti in, and how big some of his bites were!! Needless to say, Cooper had a field day trying to lick up the scraps afterwards from the complete mess Parker caused. It was so worth it though, because he was just so darn cute! Of course- the camera was close by to document "Spaghetti night!!
Here he is stuffing spaghetti in as fast as he could. He would open his mouth SO wide in anticipation of the next bite!
It takes such concentration to become a self-feeding individual!!
Who wouldn't be proud of such a big accomplishment, and a big sloppy mess that they created?!?!?!
1 comment:
How cute! Parker looks like he REALLY enjoys feeding himself! =) I bet bath time comes right after dinner time now!
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