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We recently started giving Olivia little bits of food to feed herself, not necessarily because we felt she was ready, but because we can’t seem to feed her fast enough. So, this gives her something to do while we prepare the next bite. And, fortunately, she does actually seem to do pretty well.

When Ava started to self-feed around nine months, she’d pick up one tiny Cheerio at a time. Olivia scoops up a fistful and tries to cram them into her mouth all at once. Judging by the mess around her highchair, I’d say she has about a 30 percent success rate.

And also, chicken:

Since Olivia is still waking to eat twice every night, I think I’ll offer her a burger next. That ought to hold her.