This morning, Maya and I settled down with a cup of yogurt for her morning snack. All was well for the first few bites, then Maya wanted to take the spoon and feed herself. Okay…feeling semi-brave, I put some yogurt on the spoon, then handed it to her. Perfect! Well, sort of perfect.

After a couple bites of feeding herself, Maya then wanted to *load* the spoon herself too. Keep in mind that we’re in my office, over the carpet. Um…no. As I offered Maya another pre-loaded spoon, the tantrum hit. WHAP! Yogurt everywhere.

We tried again a bit later, this time sitting in her bucket chair (still over carpet, just in another room). Result: same. Note to self: don’t do the same thing and expect different results!

Finally, I gave Maya a handled cup of yogurt IN HER HIGHCHAIR. She couldn’t have been happier. So happy, in fact, that she polished all of that off, and continued to eat cinnamon applesauce.

I’m a little slow sometimes, but I swear I’m trying, Maya…