Juliana has started to use a spoon to feed herself foods like yogurt and applesauce. She eats really well for a while and then remembers that it is fun to dump spoonfuls of food on the tray and smear it with her fingers – that usually ends the meal. Of course taking the bowl and spoon away produces a tantrum because she doesn’t think that she was done…these pictures are from Saturday morning breakfast – yogurt and waffle.

For example, now that she has decided it is fun to feed herself with a spoon, no one else is allowed to feed her. Eating a small container of yogurt now takes much longer…