There are so many awesome milestones that we parents all look forward to..... walking (I do NOT look forward to babies crawling all over the dirty floor and putting everything in their mouths), talking, babies feeding themselves, toddlers being able to dress themselves, being able to buckle their own seat belts... those have been some of my favorites that I've experienced so far. Well we recently reached a new favorite milestone in my house.
I can't stand spoon-feeding my babies baby food. With my first baby I enjoyed sitting down and making silly faces at her as I flew spoons of nasty mush into her mouth. Now there is no time for that. Well a few weeks ago Belle asked me if she could feed Lettie lunch, so I sat and let her help me give Lettie a few spoonfuls of baby food. She did a great job and was only slightly messier than I am. Now she happily feeds Lettie all the time, and it. is. awesome.
Belle is also a much better Mommy about feeding Lettie than I am. She talks to her the whole time and says things like, "Darling!" "Oh Darling is that yummy?" "Why are you making a mess Darling?" Cracks me up. Belle is also a much better Mommy than I am, because she usually says grace with Lettie before she feeds her, which I never take the time to do with babies. I could learn a lot of parenting skills from my sweet 4-year-old.
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