Hot on the tail of getting his bottle in his mouth, the boy actually figured out how to put food in his mouth! Finally! It is not pretty, but he does it. It started with this ring thing that has a small mesh bag attached to it, that fruit or anything mush-able goes into and he can chew on it and get the stuff through the mesh without choking. The first time I tried that with him, I held it, he chewed on it...with his hands just sitting on his little tray. But, after a brief hiatus from trying, I gave it another shot. And low and behold, he grabbed it, shoved it in his mouth and chomped away. Getting raspberry juice all down the front of his shirt. Minus one point for me for not thinking about the mess a raspberry filled mesh pouch would make. So we kept up with that for a couple days...minus a shirt. The red juice running down his chest is a bit horror movie-esque though...perhaps a waterproof bib with a catch trough would be a better route.
Anyway, the mesh thingy must have made the hand crammed full of food goes in mouth connection in his little brain, because now he grabs food and jams it in his mouth. About half the time he ends up gagging himself because all of his fingers are in there with the food, but I am assuming with some practice that little problem will correct itself.
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