There are certain obvious developmental benchmarks you watch for in kids. Even the oblivious notice them: Rolling over; sleeping through the night; teething; making sounds with the mouth other than burps; and crawling.You know, the major stuff.
Well, there is another important developmental accomplishment. And by important I mean that, well, you kinda need this skill: picking up stuff with your fingers, namely food.
I fully admit that this was not on my list of things to look forward to Elise learning. It's not that I wanted her to go into childhood sans dexterity; it just never dawned on me that finger coordination is a learned skill.
Well, it is, and Elise is catching on.
She's getting pretty good at using those little pincers. She gets practice each day when, after her evening feeding, she gets a small handful of Cheerio-like puffed grain snacks. Yeah, I know, they sound horribly bland, but they're flavored and really quite tasty. Well, that's overselling, but they're not bad.
Anyway, it took her some time to figure out that when Mom and Dad are not going to shovel food in the mouth, maybe the thumb and index finger do the trick and make quick work of those puffed morsels.
I'm ready for the next developmental feat: eating real food with the hands. Maybe that will mean graduating from puffed grain snacks to a bucket of wings.
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