Journey of self-feeding

On and off when I'm feeling adventurous, I would let Andrew try to self-feed. Be it with a spoon or fork or even his fingers. I would like him to explore and train him to eventually feed himself. And I just want him to enjoy his meal time.

Little Andrew is an expert picking up his food with his fingers - even a grain of rice! He can also use the fork, though sometimes the angle is wrong. But the spoon is a long way to go, well, partly because I hardly let him try feeding himself with the spoon. He does get the rice into his mouth, but if I let him do it for the whole bowl of rice, he will probably get 10% into his mouth! But I do let him try it out on and off.

Drinking from straw cup

I bought the straw cup quite a while ago and little Andrew doesn't know how to suck it yet. I tried giving it to him repetitively but he just doesn't get it. So I stopped giving it to him.

Last week I decided to give it a try and this time I pour some of his favourite apple juice. To my surprise he can drink from the straw cup! First few times he would suck it all in and choke. After a few more days of getting the hang of it, little Andrew can now drink like an expert!