self feeding

i read that babies around 7-9 mos of age should be encouraged to be feed on her own (that is when they started to grab the spoon when feeding or trying to grab of whatever you're having :P) so i started giving mia her own set of bowl and spoon to play with everytime i feed her.

but something happened last weekend surprised me.

mia ate 3 slices of baguette on her own! (yes, i took off the kulit of course)

i forgot to bring her bubur nasi so we had to buy something for her to eat. La Bodega didnt have anything edible for her so mr husband ran out to find her some mashed potatoes. mia got bored and wanted to get out from the high chair so i gave her a piece of baguette with the kulit off. to my surprise she managed to bite of a small piece and started chewing!! yes, CHEWING!

although i read The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning (yes, i bought that one too :P) where Gina says babies her age can be given finger food such as a small piece of toast, i took little note of it thinking those are probably applicable to teething babies. i didnt think it was applicable to toothless babies like mine *ignorant* :P

yeah that's her munching her bits of baguette :D