Chocolate Cookie

Cale has reached "the cheerio stage" where he can grasp a moderately small item and put it in his mouth. A month ago, he didn't know what to do with them. Karston never had a cheerio stage because his tummy always hurts; his next pediatrician appointment to discuss this is Thursday. Cale's actually eating Rice Chex instead of cheerios because we don't know if he has an allergy to oatmeal but we do know he doesn't react well to barley, another gluten grain. House brand rice chex and corn chex contain barley, so Cale gets allergy-friendly Rice Chex. Several months ago, Mimi let Cale try a few crumbs of chocolate cake: he loved it! So this evening, I let him take a few bites of her chocolate cookies. Cale took a baby bite, yum. He tried to take a much larger bite, but settled out for another baby bite. Then that little hand came around and took my cookie! He crammed in as much cookie as he could over the next 20 minutes until I decided it was time to clean the crumbs from the disaster area. He likes self-feeding, a refreshing change, and just like Karston he likes chocolate! I'm looking forward to experiencing this cheerio (and Cookie Monster) stage of baby development for the first time.