Maggie has quickly learned that feeding herself is a lot more fun because it usually makes a bigger mess. Michelle usually would bring out two spoons when feeding Maggie. This was so she could have one to play with and "feed herself" while the actual feeding took place. Well I continued this practice and most of the time she was very cooperative. There were times however, when she definitely wasn't.
In the middle of June Maggie decided that one spoon was not enough. She began grabbing at the spoon I was using to feed her while chewing on her own spoon. It made things really difficult. Many times she would successfully grab it out of my hand and throw it. Most of the time when it launched out of her hand it was full of baby food. We quickly learned that having carpet in our "eating area" was a terrible idea. There are beautiful colors of orange and green from puréed carrots, green beans, butternut squash, peas, peaches and more all over. I thought maybe feeding her the less vibrant colored foods would be a smart idea. So I looked for foods that would blend in with our beige carpet. I quickly learned the smell of turkey, chicken, beef and other baby food meats were not pleasant. That's when I learned to have a wet washcloth handy to clean up as she threw.
Because she wanted to feed herself so badly we let finger foods slowly move into her diet...
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