feeding our kids

recently, i was making fun of david because of how he feeds his kids their snacks. it's the funniest thing ever. . . . he puts down a couple hands fulls of Cheerios, animal crackers, goldfish or whatever just spread out onto a coffee table at home. then the twins help themselves at their own leisure. it's actually a good idea and one i've tried myself. only, either toby will thrown them all on the floor for the dog to eat or he'll feed them to the dog himself or. . . the dog will just reach up onto the coffee table and help himself. so for my own convenience i've trained my 1 year old to eat all of his food right out of my hand. so he'll sit mouth open and wait for food to enter. (no hands needed). he's become so accustomed to this format that he rarely will even consider using his hands. he'll even let david's twin hand feed him. i should have gotten video of that for AFV!

therefore, we started working on me not feeding him. he will eventually learn to feed himself, but until then, the table's edge is our go-between. here is some video of tobias' new way of eating his meals . . . . hands free.