Self-feeding Boot Camp Day 3

I'm exhausted, this week has been really intense! Fortunately it is what we American's affectionately call "hump day", so the week's nearly through. Millie Anne has been making good progress in the time it takes her to complete each meal (tonight's lunch/supper is a special exception..I'll get to that in a minute) and she is trying to use her silverware. She has yet to successfully scoop or stab food and then get it into her mouth, but she is doing better at the scooping and stabbing end of things. It doesn't help when the food is slippery greens or noodles. But she might as well get those figured out, right? We had fewer temper tantrums from Millie today due to my realization that what has been keeping her from getting to sleep terribly quickly at night is the fact that she is cutting more teeth. So, last night I gave her some Tylenol to help her along. She slept so well last night that she gave me a precious half hour of cuddling this morning as she slowly woke up. (She even shoved Buddy off my lap when he had the audacity to hop up during her cuddle with Momma...she told him where to get off!)
Breakfast
We did toast again but did applesauce instead of banana (bananas are gone for the week). I worked with her on spooning the applesauce and I think she would have successfully gotten applesauce to her mouth from start to finish if it hadn't been for the distraction of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street.
Dinner
Royce and I took turns guiding Millie's hand with the fork on today's Impossible Cheeseburger Pie, swiss chard, and butternut squash. She made several attempts at independent use of the fork, but the darn food kept falling off the fork!
Lunch/Supper
She was humming along on her lettuce, when...we interrupt this meal for a word from below the table..nnnhgggg nnnnnnhhggggg nnnngghhhh...Yep, downloading the latest installment! She was trying to eat but kept getting interrupted with...nnnnghhhh nnnnghhhh... finally I had to lay her on the floor and help the process along. She actually giggled when she finished. Then I helped her lay into the macaroni and cheese, and this time I had a fit over the noodles falling off the fork. Darn slippery suckers! Millie finished this meal just as the hour bell went off.
I gave her a quick bath and got her off to bed in record time! Ahhhh...blissfull relaxation after the little one has gone to bed. Now it's my turn to go into the Land of Nod. Ciao.