The soup spoon goes on the right

Abby ate an entire bowl of oatmeal this morning, which is not unusual. What is unusual is that she ate the entire bowl of oatmeal by herself, and demonstrated proper spoon-holding technique at the same time. This is a very important milestone for two reasons:

1. Her tactile style of learning means that she touches everything, which makes eating with her hands extremely gross and unhealthy. Her use of utensils eliminates the gross factor.
2. Abby's ability to successfully feed herself frees up my hands for other things during mealtime. Like feeding myself.

Lest you get the impression that she is wise and skilled beyond her years, please note that just hours later she also ate a muffin wrapper by tearing the paper into little chunks and wadding them up before shoving in her mouth...the same way she eats her tortillas. Oh well. A little fiber never hurt anybody, right?