Okay, so next time Tommy sleeps in, I won’t tell anyone about it…he was up before Derek left for work this morning, and he actually fell asleep in his playpen at 10:30! Obviously he’s confused.
We’ve been offering Tommy a fork or spoon with meals for about a year now, but he just wasn’t that interested. Fingers were just more effective. This past week, though, I got daring and made cream of wheat for breakfast and let him try to feed himself. It’s actually been highly successful! He needs a full-body bib, but he seems really excited about feeding himself with a spoon like a big boy. I just have to remember to make up the cream of wheat before getting him out of bed, or he totally freaks out about having to wait for it to cool! Now he’s been using his fork sometimes, too. (He has a new fork and spoon with trucks on them…we’re not sure how much of this progress we can attribute to the cool utensils, but I’m going to pick some more up for him next time I’m down at Posh.)
