Utensil

A often chooses to eat cream cheese on toast for breakfast. We cut it up into little bite-sized squares for him. I recently noticed how he feeds himself these little squares: he stabs his index finger into the cream cheese so that the piece sticks to his finger and he can lift it to his mouth. Hilarious. Too bad I don't have an accompanying photo for this post!

You may remember that A was almost entirely indifferent to solid foods until he was about 13 months old. Now he often eats as much - or more than - his sister. When we call "It's ready!" at mealtimes, he GASPS, drops what he's doing, and runs to the table. Lately he gets down off his chair a few minutes into the meal and wanders around a bit before he continues eating. Another thing he often does a few minutes into the meal is to ask for dessert. His personal word for dessert sounds something like "hahoum?", the origins of which are completely mysterious. He will often keep eating his meal in tandem with dessert or even after his dessert.

As for D's relationship with food, not much has changed lately although she will sometimes surprise us by trying something new. Sushi, french fries, and desserts are still her favourites; she still eats zero fruit. One thing that I find so endearing is that she often drinks (herbal) tea, particularly chamomile before bed, or mint or vanilla nut creme in the afternoon. Sometimes we have tea parties.