You know how I’ve been eating more finger foods, right? Well, we went all in today and my entire dinner was finger food tonight. Mommy and Daddy let me feed myself. One reason is to help my practice using my hands and to feed myself. Another reason is to see ho much food a need when I’m in control of the amount and speed. It is no surprise that I ate a lot, but you may be surprised to hear that I did not clean the plate. I ate enough to be full but did not stuff myself.
Something that became apparent when I was eating is that I have preferences. I ate a little bit of everything to start off, but then I focused on the things that I like in the order that I like them. I ate all the bread first, then the carrots and potatoes, and then nearly finished the chicken. The broccoli and green beans were a bit hard to eat so there was a bit left over.
Mommy and Daddy had to remove my plate for a bit because I started to play with it and tried to flip it over. So I ate food off of my clean table for a bit, then I used the plate again. Then I started to play with it again and got upset when I wasn’t allowed to flip it over.