A two and a half year old holding a cookie and eating it might not seem like a newsworthy event for most people, but in our house, it certainly was cause to celebrate! Daniel was able to pick up the cookie and bite it independently. Usually we have to break his food up into small bites. Also, he rarely enjoys picking up food. So when I handed him a cookie and he ate it instead of dropping it, I was thrilled! I then had to take a picture to send Heather (his OT) and Ashley (his speech therapist), since it was their hard work that helped him reach this milestone. He managed to eat about 2/3 of the first cookie before it was too much of a mess for him to handle. Then he ate about the same amount of a second cookie.
