Confessions of a self-feeder

HI, I'm Caleb! I'm 8 1/2 months old, and I'm learning to feed myself!

Since I'm new to this whole experience, there are several things that I try to do every time I feed myself- here are just a few of them.........

I don't have the best control of my fine motor skills yet, so when I finally get some food in my fat little fists I have to roll it all over my face before I put it IN my mouth!

I make sure to chew with my mouth open.... ya know, cuz I can ;-)

And I like to giggle when I realize how dirty I am.... especially since I still hate baths and I give mommy such a hard time when she puts me in one ;-)

I am extremely careful to smush all the food that I've already chewed back into my hands and in between each and every finger!

I also like to be sure that I get as many pieces of food as I can in each one of my fists!

And because I'm so stinkin' cute, I love to show mommy my little teeth- the same ones I like to BITE her with lately when I nurse!!!

I'm sure to use BOTH fists when I eat.....

And I like to have a finger shoved in there with each bite of food..... it just tastes better somehow ;-)

I always, always rub my hands ALL OVER my chair.....

And I make certain that I play with every bite.....

But most of all, I am careful to drop as much food in my lap as I can (cuz I KNOW how much mommy likes to clean up messes!).....