All of out new tricks

Each night we like to have play time right after dinner. We lay out a blanket on the floor and get down and play with all the toys that we have out in the living room. One of Garets new fun things to do is to have us put his shapes on his nose. He thinks it is funny and likes to knock them off on his own. The circle fits the best, but the triangle works well to.
We have just in the past week started to do Baby-led feeding (BLW). We were not having any luck feeding garet the purse's with a spoon. He would get fussy and not want to eat most of the time, or he would eat a couple bites and then he would cry and not want any more. Well I have been doing a lot of reading on this style of babies learning to eat and I think it is a great think for us to try. Each night we sit down to dinner and we put some of the same food that we are eating on Garets tray and let him play with it and put some in his mouth if he wants to. This forces us to not eat a little better. we do not cook with as much salt or butter and reduce the sugar intake. This is suppose to help him learn textures and also learn to feed himself and learn when he is full and all that fun stuff. I really hope it works Well any way the picture below is one of our first successes with this. Matt and I were eating some Ritz cracker and he was sitting there watching us and finally reached out and acted like he wanted one. So we handed him one and he went to town on it. I expected he might gag or even spit up a little while trying to eat it but he did a really good job. He would take a bite and then you could see that he was chewing and then swallowing. It was so much fun to watch him learn right there like that. I had to go out and buy some low sodium Ritz crackers for him so he does not get to much salt. He also ate a little bit of chicken, green beans and mac and cheese. It is so much easier to let him eat on his own. I makes my dinner easier not having to feed him and myself. We have only been trying this for about a week so we will see how it continues to go.

I think he have the next Mozart on our hands. HAHAHA. He does really love his piano and really looks like he is concentrating when he plays it. He can play with his hands and feet. Below is a video with his hands.