A mean pinch!

Fortunately Molly hasn't figured out how to pinch people yet, but she's been working diligently on her pincher grasp & picking up her "puffs" (little dissolving snacks). First, Molly just enjoyed playing with them and picking them up. Initially, when she either let us put one in her mouth or put one in herself, she definitely did not like it! She'd either gag or sit there with her tongue sticking out waiting for it to fall out or stream out with all the drool that would accumulate in her mouth while she sat with it wide open. But we just kept offering them to her to pick up and explore & then finally last weekend she just seemed to "get" what she was supposed to do with it once in her mouth... chew it! Since then, she's been progressively getting better and better with picking them up, putting them in her mouth & manipulating them to chew. It's pretty funny to watch actually! Actually this new skill helps a lot at meal times because Molly is quickly becoming that little girl that wants to do everything herself! Seems like as long as she has control of her puffs or sippy cup, then she's more likely to let us have control over feeding her solid foods. This girl definitely has a personality & a will to be independent! Here's a little video clip of Molly working on her puffs!