Monkey Food

The very first time we gave Evan some banana he wasn't a big fan (I think it made him throw up the rest of his lunch, in fact), but that was quite a while ago. Since that first encounter he's decided bananas are pretty OK, and in the last month or two they've become one of his favorite finger foods. He especially likes to grab a chunk in his hand, make a fist with the banana inside, and eat the parts that squish out between his fingers. They're both food and entertainment at the same time -- what's not to like about that?!

I've mentioned before that Evan isn't much of a chewer despite having a plethora of teeth for a few months now, but that's finally starting to change. A few days ago Steph tried giving him half of a banana in one piece (instead of cutting it up into bite-sized pieces) and he ate it like a big kid, biting off chunks he could handle, mostly chewing them up, and swallowing one chunk before moving on to the next one! This was a major accomplishment, so today I tried repeating the experiment and caught it on camera. First, the lead-in still shot:

If you crop the picture to show just his head and shoulders he looks just like a hairless monkey (which is kinda what he is) with that banana shoved into his mouth. I got a video of it too (he looks less simian in the video):