Miles decided this weekend that he no longer wanted to eat anything that he couldn't put in his mouth himself. Delicious oatmeal and bananas? Poison! Death! Spoons are only allowed now if he helps guide them into his mouth, which is kind of a cool development, but makes mealtime three times longer (and messier) than usual. We bought a little bamboo spoon that has a super wide handle and it seems to help him to grab on on and hit the moving target. Every once in a while he forgets to insist on helping and we can shovel in a few spoons of food without him noticing -- although I'm sure it's just a matter of hours before he figures us out.
In addition to acquiring the proper tools for the job, I spent Saturday morning researching baby finger foods. While he tolerates the spoon, he really just wants to feed himself. Since it's probably not advisable for him to live on cheerios stuffed with goat cheese and almond butter, cantaloupe and chunks of banana, I found a few recipes for baby nibbles that will hopefully round out his diet. Here he is enjoying bits of homemade turkey loaf (sounds gross, but actually quite tasty) and quartered grapes. He's definitely more fond of the grapes, but the turkey bits are disappearing slowly.
In just a day, life got a lot more interesting!
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