No Really....This Is My Life: No Thanks, I Can Do It Myself!

Friday, September 03, 2010

No Thanks, I Can Do It Myself!

So, my son is knocking on 8 months old next week and he thinks that he knows everything already. I mean, he does get it honestly - our household is a plethora of knowledge, mostly useless....but knowledge none the less. If I don't know the answer then Chip surely does. Anyway, the point is that my son is 8 months going on 18 years. I have noticed he's Mr. Independent now that he's been crawling full blast for the past 3 weeks. So, since he thinks he is Mr. Smarty Pants I thought I'd put him to the test.
He's been getting aggrivated at his bottle and his spoon lately, and personally his spoon is my least favorite part of him being a baby. I know this sounds dumb, but spoon feeding makes me tired. You see, when I feed him I tend to open my mouth too - like when you put on mascara and you can't help but make the open mouth mascara face. Well, I do something of the sorts when he eats. It's as if I am making sure ALL the food gets in his mouth by making my mouth open wider for him. It's rediculous, I know. So, spoon feeding makes my jaw tired.
Well I decided since Mr. Big Shot wants to be self sufficient then maybe this is an opportunity to give my jaw a rest. Last night I served him the Gerber Graduates cheese ravioli for toddlers. It's a pick up type food where my big man on campus can feed himself and mommys jaw can take a rest.
He feeds himself his snacks and puffs with his hands so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Well he showed me because he ended up wanting to feed himself with a fork. I did cut up the already tiny ravioli into 3 or 4 pieces so he didn't choke - the boy only has 2 teeth on bottom. Here are some pictures of how things went.