Food!

A little over a week ago we started giving Claire finger foods. For about the first week she had a lot of fun playing with her food. Knocking cheerios around, mashing bananas and dropping everything she could on the floor and into her highchair. She did not quite manage to actually get any food in her mouth or attempt to get any food in her mouth. She happily chewed on the cheerios and peaches we put in her mouth for her, but the one time she got close to feeding herself Charles and I both gasped in amazement causing her drop the cheerio in her lap. But on Sunday we had a breakthrough. I had run to the store and Charles was in charge of feeding the hungry monkey. He put her in her chair with some cheerios and peaches and turned around to fix the rest of her dinner when he heard a "crunch, crunch." He turned around to find Claire stuffing her face. It is not a very refined art and more food ends up on the floor than in her mouth, but we are both very proud of our little girl and her new found skill.