I decided, as I cut up some banana and banana bread for Grant this morning, that it was time for him to test out a fork. I thought it would help keep his mealtime messes to a minimum and maybe keep his hands a bit more clean. I started by stabbing a piece of food and handing the fork to him to put into his own mouth. Soon, he understood the reason for stabbing the food and tried on his own. I sat back and watched as he repeated the plate to mouth routine. I should have realised that he would continue to think about the situation and do whatever made sense to him. As he put the fork in his mouth, often times it would be vertical and he would have a hard time biting down on the food. About halfway through his meal, he began to stab food and then pull it off with his other hand and shove it in his mouth. So much for the hope for clean hands. Oh well, Grant's little mind is hungry for new things and we gave him one today. I figure that if he's going to figure out new things anyway, I might as well help steer him toward things that will help all of us! Maybe tomorrow we'll turn over the dinner preparations to him.... but maybe not.
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