i can feed myself...

feeling happy feeding herself

try to steal food from papa's plate

when my Jihan was small, we tend to feed her during meal times...everybody helped to feed Jihan...by she was about 9 months, we bought her a highchair so that she can have her meals together with us...and we started to train her how to feed herself...

at first, it was quite difficult and i had miserable time by letting her feeding herself...she made quite a mess....pieces of food feel on the floor, dirtied her clothes and smudged her face, head and hands up to the elbow...even both her feet were covered with food and gravy...only 25% of her dish went into her mouth...the other 75%, you know where it went to, right..?

my previous maid wasn't very pleased when my Jihan fed herself...so, when we were not around she would simply feed Jihan without putting Jihan on her highchair and let her feed herself...

by 1 year old, Jihan was still unable to feed herself efficiently...i was worried because she was very dependent on us (sometimes she was lazy to feed herself)...most of the kids at her age are able to feed themselves..!

i realized that at about 15 months, she was able to hold the spoon correctly (with lots of practice) and smoothly put the food inside her mouth...by this time, about 50-60% of her dish went into her mouth...lesser mess!!!!

when we went out during meal times, Jihan would sit on the highchair and fed herself...(although sometimes she would throw a tantrum)...i always forgot to bring her bibs..luckily, she didn't make such a mess, so her clothes were spared...

she loves feeding herself...and she eats quite a lot nowadays...