Yes, eating cherrios has been an ordeal in our household over the past month. For some time now, Meredith has been capable of picking up small particles of anything - no worries there. But, the action of then putting these small particles into her mouth has been the issue. With most kids putting things in their mouth is the easy part - not for MJ. She hasn't ever been a in-your-mouth kind of baby, we know that. But... after all, this is food we are talking about!
Since the beginning of the new year, I have been setting cherrios and a few other foods on MJ's tray to entice her to eat them by herself. But no...she wouldn't put them in her mouth. Ever. She would pick them up and hoard them in her hands....as much as she could hold in both fists. Then, she'd look back up at us and wait for the next spoon-fed bite to be given to her - mouth wide open. UGH!
I can't tell you how many times I thought "Okay, I know every other kid in the universe eats cherrios, and puts practically everything in their mouth....I guess MJ's going to completely miss this stage of development." :( I had visions of spoon-feeding her everything until she was 2 or 3!
But then, after four weeks of dutiful repetition each morning: put cherrios on tray, watch MJ hoard them into her fists for a few minutes, say "put it into your mouth", demonstrate eating cherrios...etc. She did it! And here are the photos to prove it. :)
She goes for it...
Yes! In your mouth, Girl!!
So proud. :)
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