Saturday, November 19, 2005

The problem with independence: Exhibit B

Solanne has decided that it's time that she feed herself. Enough of this nonsense of waiting for Mum or Dad to put it into her mouth: she can do it herself. We are generally happy to oblige her because, in theory, it frees up some time for us to do other tasks, like get food ready for Maïa, or even eat ourselves. Getting Solanne to feed herself does free us up while she's eating, but in the end, it creates a whole lot more work.

You see, the problem of independence is that it's really messy. We've even taken to stripping Solanne down to her diaper and bib in some cases. We did that last night when she went to task on Mum's homemade chili.

Solanne, before the chili


Solanne, in the act

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I know where Sol is at. I had that chili. It was so good, I could barely keep from smearing it all over my face.

Sometimes, when something is really good, you just gotta go with it.