Feeds self (messy)

These words are in our Sears Baby Book, in the development chart... and well here it is! Olivia's been eating 'finger foods' for a while now, though it's been difficult to tread the line between things soft enough to avoid the choking hazard (been there a couple of times, wouldn't mind if it never happens again!), but firm enough for little fingers to get a handle on. This week she graduated!

Olivia showing off her finger food technique on a piece of bread. She's been doing this successfully for a while now. She has also always loved to play with her spoons, and help feed herself; until today we'd put some food in the spoon for her, hand it to her and she could get it into her mouth...






And recently she's been interested in scooping food up with her spoon as well. We'd been helping her with that too (to avoid a bigger mess), but today we tried just dealing with the mess, and it was less than we'd thought! It happened a little slower than usual, and sometimes she'd scoop up a spoonful and then hand the spoon to mama or papa to feed to her, but for much of her soup, she scooped it up, and fed herself- She uses tools!