Today we had leftover black bean soup for lunch. My daughter is a big fan. As she steadily worked away at it (and vigorously signed for "more" after finishing her first bowl) I suddenly recognized that she was successfully using a spoon for the first time! It helps that the soup is thick, so stuff takes longer to fall off the spoon, but she was also getting the spoon to her mouth, and eating from it. She's so good that she used spoons in both hands.
Sometimes she eats this meal on a plate. Today she had it in a bowl. The bowl is good because it helps her with the spoon. But she can't lick the bowl clean, although she tried.
