Out to Lunch with Daddy

While J usually comes home to eat lunch with us, occasionally we meet him somewhere and go out to eat. After several weeks of pretty much staying inside because the weather has been so cold, the sunshine and 50 degree temps made getting out of the house a must! So today we met Daddy at Gatti's pizza.

Within the last week, E has decided that he no longer wants to eat his pureed foods. Even though Mommy made him some special homemade foods, it doesn't matter. He insists on eating whatever it is that Mommy and Daddy have to eat. He has eaten cheese quesadillas, mexican casserole, pasta lasagna, sloppy joes, and turkey tetrazzini among other things. We can already see that he has a taste for Mexican and Italian foods, so he will certainly fit in well in this family!

E loves pizza, so he enjoys going to Gatti's. He was a very friendly fellow this afternoon, talking to everyone eating in the dining room with us. He has become very efficient at feeding himself and doesn't like much help. He hasn't developed skills to eat with utensils, but he has started to become more interested in helping Mommy and Daddy when we use them to feed him. But eating with his hands is definitely his first choice, and he enjoyed feeding himself cheese pizza today!
 

He got to try out his new tiny diner place mat for the first time. We highly recommend it to anyone with an older infant/toddler! It provided a clean surface for eating and since it has suction cups on the bottom, it didn't just end up in the floor! And the handy little trough on the edge catches food before it ends up in his lap.

  

Feeding myself is so much fun!