It just fills my heart with joy and pride to see XX enjoy eating. Whether it's XX finishing up his porridge or cereal, feeding himself his apple dessert or sitting on my lap enjoying biscuits tibits, these are the moments that I feel so contented and joyful. I feel like a good mother.
The reverse is also true. When the children don't have a good appetite or refuses their meals, I feel like a really lousy mother. With KK, I must say there are a lot of such lousy moments, even until now.
XX swallows his food as soon as it goes into his mouth and will readily open his mouth whenever you give him new food. But KK, when you want to feed him new food, he will draw back and scrutinise the food suspicously. He must ask you what it is and evaluate the look and smell before he decides whether he wants to try it or not. When he eats, he tends to hold the food inside his mouth, like a hamster. Luckily, as he gets older, he's starting to be more adventurous and has increased the variety of food that he eats. But speed is still a major issue and a major point of contention between us.
Just want to share this first video of XX feeding himself for the record:
