Today Colton ate his entire lunch by himself--with a spoon. I didn't feed him a single bite. In fact, I wasn't even paying attention. I came back to find his entire bowl of soup gone and him making the sign for "more". I don't think he understood why I was so excited, but he really liked all my clapping. (I fear he may have been extra focused on this meal since I made the mistake of giving him Lucky Charms for breakfast. I thought it would take him a while to discover that the marshmallows are the only part of that cereal worth eating, but it turns out that wasn't the case. I don't think he ate anything but marshmallows starting with bite one.) Oh well. Now that he's well on his way with a spoon, maybe there's hope that he'll someday learn to say "mama".
Note: This picture is technically from several months ago. We discovered that Colton really liked spaghetti, and clearly, he fed himself quite a bit that day as well...
2 comments:
Love the new header - and all the cute paragraphs down the right side with your story and funny little things. Way to go COLTON on feeding yourself! That is really good news :) Lucky Charms are every kids best friend...the marshmellows love to cling to the spoon while the oats get all soggy in the milk. Funny how that happens? You're brave to leave him with a bowl of cereal and milk. He's much too smart to pour it over board though.
Way to go, Colton!!! I think that says a lot for his fine-motor coordination. He's just going to get all his motor skills honed before he talks, Beth. And he'll either grow up to be a surgeon or a great knitter. Neither require many words.
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