Utensils

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Dale feeding Adelaida with a spoon, June 2009

Adelaida's eating habits have evolved over time. At first, we fed her mushed-up food with a spoon, then she graduated to long skinny foods that she could put in her mouth herself and chew on (green beans, steamed carrots, pumpkin slices, banana). She didn't know at first how to let go of the food in her mouth, so she'd eat 3/4 of the carrot and then start to chew on her hand. Eventually, she learned how to put bite-sized pieces of food in her mouth and let go, so she could eat all kinds of finger foods.

Adelaida eating finger food, November 2009

Recently, we've gone beyond finger foods and we are experimenting with spoon food again -- but with Adelaida controlling the spoon! She still likes to bang the spoon on her tray, so thinner foods like yogurt and applesauce go flying everywhere. It's quite a sight! So, we generally feed her the thinner foods and let her feed herself thicker food like thick oatmeal and cottage cheese.

This is a video of Adelaida feeding herself oatmeal. She's actually getting a lot better than she used to be!