Three Cheers for Cheerios!

I was under the (mistaken) impression that babies couldn't eat finger foods until they had teeth. I received an email newsletter from Tripler hospital suggesting that I give him finger foods to help him develop his pinching skills. He's been getting good at that eating his dissolvable mum-mums, but I just didn't think he could have food like cheerios. I looked it up in a few other places and decided to give it a try. It took a little while (shorter than I had actually expected) but he got it.

Now, I don't know if after watching the video of this people will think I'm a bad mom... I really hope not. Watch it first, then I'll explain myself:

I think this video is really cute, and I felt pretty bad that I let him fall over, but it didn't faze him at all. Everytime I watch this I crack up at the end where he tips over but it stops before he hits the ground. I'm sure I wouldn't laugh if he had hurt himself (and I probably would have deleted the video...) but it didn't bother him at all. I really wish I could do that in life (stop him before he hits anything when he falls).

All in all, I think he did an amazingly good job, especially considering it was his first time EVER trying to eat anything but baby food and big crackers.