Little Miss Independent

Abby is a stinker! She has decided that she is too grown-up to have Mom or Dad feeding her. She just clenches her teeth together as soon as she sees the spoon coming. She refuses to eat anything unless she puts it in her mouth by herself. That can be severely limiting to a one-year-old’s diet. Her old favorites of yogurt and applesauce are out the window (unless we want to clean up a huge mess). We were hoping to break the pattern of stubborn kids in this family, but it looks like she’s not going to let us off that easily.

Here is Abby after feeding herself cheddar potato soup. We’re way past the bib stage . . . we just strip her down to her diaper and let her have at it.