utensils

For a few weeks now, Palmer has been using a fork and spoon.  He loves to stab at any food with a fork and scoop as much yogurt or applesauce as possible onto a spoon at once.  This, of course, is always executed using his left hand.  We're working on him getting the spoon all the way to his mouth without turning it upside down since only so much can stick to the spoon in that position.  I usually try and shovel a few bites of spoonable food into his mouth before he insists on taking over.

So great is his love for the fork, that when he finished his scrambled eggs Sunday morning he briefly considered the whole triangle of toast, then methodically tore it into small enough pieces that they could also be effectively impaled before being eaten.  If you want to have him use his hands in order to speed up a meal, there had better not be a fork in sight!  That includes your own adult fork.  I guess we should all just learn to not be in such a rush. . . even if each. . . individual. . . pea. . . must be forked :)



P.S. They sell NUK forks in multipacks at Target!