Tristan’s been feeding pepole other than himself with his finger foods. We’re trying to put this on command. While feeding others, he likes to explore their mouths and watch them chew. He’s also been likely teething, as he sucked on and gummed at my finger quite a bit yesterday.

He’s been getting sort of strange (to us) about his food. He’s still not interested in a whole lot of different foods to feed himself, but he feeds himself the known favorites like a champ. That being said, he is very particular about when he wants his main mean of food (after the milk, and now after some finger food) and has been taking exceptionally long to eat it since he wants to take a bite and refuse to take more for several minutes. I assume he’s just being a one-year-old and I’m also thankful he’s trying to become more independent about eating (he also tries to spoon-feed himself occasionally), but in general the fact that he used to be such a willing eater and now turns his head is sort of nerve wracking. I’ve agreed to try to do the bulk of the feedings since it irritates me less.

What I personally have little patience for is anything that messes with his drinking – he’s so attached to the bottle and a bit particular that milk comes only from it. He knows how to drink from anything, really, but he dumps regular bottles and cups on himself quickly. In fact, the little juice boxes with straws have come in quite handy lately – but he won’t drink milk from a box-like package with a straw!