Five for Fighting and Austism videos

We all know that Autism has become an epidemic among children in this nation. For something that impacts the lives of so many people, we know so very little about it. Please take the time to watch this video (and other Autism videos) at the Five for Fighting website. Just watching the video will send a portion of the profits from the advertising on the site to the charity affiliated with the video. Keep a tissue handy, it's a tear-jerker.

Adventures in self-feeding

So, Hannah is 6 months old now, and we decided to let her start self-feeding a little. This morning, I cut some graspable slices of avacado and plopped them in front of her in her high chair. She immediately made a HUGE mess. She did taste the avacado a teensy bit, but didn't really eat any. I gave her another slice when we ate dinner, since I thought she might be encouraged to eat "with" us. The second time she got some avacado in her mouth, acted like she was chewing it, and swallowed a bit. She seemed to like it, and didn't make any upset faces. She seemed to have a good time.

Here are some pictures from the avacado sessions :) Note that the avacado was originally in hand sized spears. I just didn't get the camera there before Hannah had a chance to mush it all up!