"Real Toys:" Volume Two

Another one of Reese's favorite "real" toys are spoons. Since she began eating solid foods, she has always grabbed for the spoon during meals and she nearly always guides the spoon to her mouth. As a "reward" (and way to keep her occupied) while I cleaned up after meals or got the food ready, I would give her a spoon to play with. Unfortunately, the first spoons we used were long and she would occasionally gag on them. Chesley turned us on to the Gerber spoon and we LOVE them. They are short, soft, and have a great handle for Reese to grip. (They will also be great when she begins scooping her own food.) Reese now likes to take the spoon with her, and when presented with a wide array of toys, she almost always goes for the spoon first. Case in point: while in her exersaucer, she doesn't play with the toys that surround her, she instead chews on her spoon.