Friday, October 16, 2009

Feeding herself . . . well, sort of.

What am I supposed to do with these?
Got one!

Wait, now what are these again.


Breakfast attempt at eating sweet potato without the use of her hands.
I guess that's one way . . .



Phoebe would not do well on the SAT section related to logic. Currently, she understands that peas, cheerios, and other chunky, tiny foods are fun to pick up. She also understands that these are indeed food when we offer them to her with our fingers and model eating by taking bites ourselves. Yet, she is struggling to put together that she can pick food up and then place it into her own mouth.

Last week we took a pear from the Farmers Market to mom at work. While waiting, Phoebe used her one tooth to tear the skin of the pear and then suck on the sweet juices. So maybe she is just not in the mood to waste any time on these mere chunks and would rather jump straight to apples and lamb shanks.

Well, here is a video showing great success. Also note her bobbing up and down. Although it's silent, she decided she enjoys music yesterday. She first grooved to an AC/DC guitar riff on an NPR commercial break. Ah, she's my little girl :-) ~Andy