Self-service

UPDATE: Video!



As we've blogged already, Jac has shown a keen interest in food and drink lately. When we eat or drink, we often "share" what we have in our hands with him; and he would guide the item to his mouth. It's been interesting to see him getting more refined at guiding food to his mouth.

Well, a new wonderful transition has started happening in the last couple of days -- Jac has started to feed himself from the bottle!

For a long time, Jac would occasionally rest his hand on the bottle as we fed him; and sometimes at the very start of a feeding, he would reach out and pull the bottle toward his mouth.

Then, a couple days ago, I was able to get him to hang on to the bottle for a few seconds as he guided it to his mouth and start eating. A few more feeding sessions later, I was able to let go of the bottle for a few seconds at a time, as Jac kept hold of it.

His control of the bottle improved quickly with each feeding. Then, tonight, as he was riding in the car seat, he took a fresh bottle right out of my hand, and proceeded to feed himself! He had a pretty good hold of the bottle, and took nearly 1/3 of the bottle without any holding assistance from me!

I apologize that we have no video of this yet. Jac's getting more active, and it's become more difficult to take pictures and videos, since he's not staying put anymore!