Getting it Down

Shortly after we started Lucas on rice cereal he developed an interesting habit. It's pretty ingenious if you ask me, but I'm his mother so no one is asking me. When they started eating, Jared and Lizzie's little tongues usually pushed most of their food back out; they just didn't quite understand the whole swallowing thing. Learning from his siblings' mistakes, Lucas has developed his own system to make sure that food goes where it's supposed to.

Step 1 - Open mouth wide:


Step 2 - Accept food when offered.


Step 3 - Immediately thrust thumb in mouth and suck food down!


Step 4 - Repeat Steps 1-3.

The kid is brilliant, right?