Monkey See Monkey Do

Sophie and Hannah are not only mimicking me in speech, but in what I do. Early as an infant they loved my cellphone and the tv remote because they see me with it so often OOPS! Now they've moved on to the mysterious roller bag that mommy totes around everyday.

Here Sophie is going to work just like mommy.

Hannah wonders what Sophie is doing?

Hannah pulls while Sophie tries to inspect the contents.

Tonight was challenging with Hannah as she is easily frustrated when she learns something new. She has been having trouble coordinating eating with a utensil. I've been working with Sophie for the past week or so and she pretty much got the hang of it, so I left her with her bibby and off she goes; although every night it is messy practice makes perfect.

Hannah on the other hand will not take to someone guiding her hand to her mouth, but with a lot of patience I let her throw her tantrum a couple of times without giving up and basically sat in front of her without emotion trying to gently position the spoon with some food and let her on her own put the spoon in her mouth. It's like the dog whisperer for babies, you can't give in, but I was really proud as I'm not the most patient person prior to the babies or heck even now. Anyway she did put a couple scoops into her mouth on her own and ended up using her hand to put anything else that she didn't manage to guide from her spoon. Although she didn't eat much I am quite impressed that she budged and tried to do something with someone helping her :D

I find with each hurdle we come across; the learning curve isn't only for the babies, but really for us as well!!!