What? You mean I can do this myself?

Most 11 month old babies can finger feed themselves. We were told that Lily wasn't eating solid food. However, one morning at breakfast in China Lily ate (yes, ate...she swallowed) part of my paper napkin when I was paying more attention to my omelette than my girl. We quickly realized she was more than for solid foods and began giving her rice based foods. A friend of mine who has also adopted internationally told me that babies and toddlers adopted out of orphanages often do not know how to self-feed because they've never witnessed an adult eat...they've only been fed. So, eventhough Lily obviously could eat solid food, she did not realize she could feed herself....until Emma decided to teach her! Emma spent about 20 minutes one day taking Lily's hand from her tray to her mouth and cheering like a rowdy football crowd with each success. Needless to say, this little performer caught on and immediately graduated into the I-can-feed-myself club.


Here are the Mom-found-out-after-the-fact pictures...

Hey, this thing's stuck to my lip! Anyone want to help me here?

In Him,