Amelia uses a spoon...sort of

Last night, while enjoying some blackberry chocolate chip ice cream, Amelia took matters into her own hands and insisted on using the spoon herself. I was very proud of her independence, of course, despite the fact that she hasn't quite gotten the "spoon thing" down, yet. She knows to stick the spoon into the ice cream, and even does so with a scooping motion; so, she gets ice cream onto her spoon. She also knows that the final step is sticking the spoon into her mouth. What she hasn't figured out is that it is necessary to turn the spoon each time you take a bite. In other words, the spoon is simply being lifted to her mouth so that she can take a small bite on the handle before dipping the spoon into the ice cream a second and third time.

What was funny about watching this is that Amelia never seemed upset or frustrated that no ice cream was actually reaching her mouth. She just kept plugging along, covering her lap with purplish, chocolately goo. Really funny stuff and a promising start to eating independently with a utencil, I suppose.

Lisa