Open Wide

Eva is fascinated by the way we feed Amanda baby food.  Whenever she sees me put Amanda in the high chair, she immediately pushes another chair in front of it for her to climb up on, and declares, “My turn, Mommy!”  She carefully dips the spoon in the food and aim’s it at sister’s face, saying “Ahhh!” with an open mouth, just like Mommy.  Amanda opens wide and eagerly leans forward like a baby bird, reaching for the spoon. It’s so cute to watch!  Sometimes Eva pushes the spoon too far and gags her, or simply leaves the spoon in her mouth so Amanda chews on it, but all in all, she does a pretty good job.  When food starts dribbling down Amanda’s chin, Eva yells, “Uh, oh, mouth!” and laughs hysterically while trying to wipe sister’s face with a napkin.  If she drips, Eva tries to clean up “mess” with the same napkin.  Toddler hygiene isn’t the greatest, but at least she’s getting the idea.  J