Spaghetti!

 Tom has an unexpected interest in spaghetti! I never really thought to try these noodles but he loves them. We had dinner at one of Tom's grandparents' house last Saturday so we put Tom in a high chair along with us and let him try a bunch of foods. He went right to work on the Spaghetti.

I thought he would mostly just touch it because it is an interesting texture. I never thought he would really try to eat it! But it's probably good exercise for his mouth and for his hands (fine motor skills.)

He also took several small bites of strawberry and tastes of buttered bread. So we took some leftover spaghetti home with us and tried it several more times. These pictures are from home. Look at him go!

It's cool to see him eating individual noodles instead of just mashing a big handful into his mouth. He was taking careful little bites and we reminded him to CHEW, CHEW, CHEW! He didn't choke or gag once! He is still only ingesting only tiny amounts of food by mouth but his interest and the amount of time he will spend trying to eat is getting better all the time.

Maybe someday soon Tom won't need his g-tube anymore. Did you know it's FEEDING TUBE AWARENESS WEEK this week? I sure love my little tubie.