Adventures with my Spoon

We thought we'd have a go at introducing Leila to a spoon even though she is a dab hand with her, well, hands.

We'd read that you could get special molds for making your own lollies for babies (a great idea in this heat!), but we decided to improvise with her spoon, an ice-cube tray and some expressed breastmilk.  Leila was able to grab hold of the spoon handle well and seemed to be enjoying the cold against her gums whilst defrosted milk dribbled down her chin. This turned to tears though when she managed to break the ice lolly off and was left with a chunk of ice-milk in her mouth - it was all a little too much and too cold for her and she screwed her face up proper crying until I was able to get the ice out and give her a little cuddle!

Today I thought I'd give soup a go.  It was mainly for my lunch, rather than hers, but she was able to grab hold of her spoon and get a bit of the soup in her mouth (and some down her front, on her face etc etc).  After a while we did abandon the spoon and used her steamed carrot sticks instead.  It was quite funny to see her face as she shoved a carrot stick into her mouth and was greeted with the taste of sweet potato and broccoli soup!