honey, get the camera!

We are such first-time parents. Completely absorbed in life with a toddler. Captivated by every little thing that could even remotely be called a "milestone."

One such Earth-shattering moment happened last night, when Sophie fed herself with a spoon. For a while she's been able to feed herself if we load the spoon for her. But she's given no signs that she was ready to do it all herself. So when I gave her the spoon and she started shoveling the food onto it and then into her mouth, Lewis and I stopped everything we were doing and looked at each other with our mouths agape.

Other "milestones" that we have been awe-struck over lately:

- She points at everything and says "titta!" (Swedish word for "look")
- She can drink from a cup (but then she needs a new outfit, so we don't practice that one so much!)
- She waves hello to everyone

Now if only we could get her to eat something besides pasta and bratwurst.

Comments

[sarah]

Im sorry to have to say that as the parent of a 2 yo the food situation does not necessarily get easier... all he wants is cheese cheese cheese !

[Sally]

Random thought...triggered by Sophie's Swedish "titta"
Have you learned any Swedish children's songs? I guess she'll learn some at dagis? But you might want to check out

http://hem.passagen.se/tessans_post/vaggvisor.htm

See "titta, kom och titta" - John Blund
as well as "Gubben i lådan"
I loved playing Gumman i lådan with little kids when I was in Sweden. Much like the English "Mr. Jack-in-the-box, Mr. Jack-in-the-box, what will you do when the box unlocks? ...Do you know that one? I still have memories of my mom singing that for me...over and over again.

Way to go, Sophie! Feeding yourself!

[Stacey]

Nice job Sophie! Jaxon is on a carbohydrate diet as of late, although he does like his celery.