It's official. Harry can now get the Cheerios in his mouth all by himself! His pincer grasp is not yet perfected, but he gets them in his mouth, and can crunch them with his teeth once he does! This may not sound that exciting, but it allows for the three of us to eat dinner together (the pizza arrived early on the very day Harry learned to feed himself. What luck!). He seems very determined to perfect his grasp, commentating all the while.
Commentating? Yes, he gives a play by play. No, we don't know what he is saying, but apparently the other kids in his class do. They don't, however, seem to know enough to get away from him as he reaches for their cookies. We did discuss this with him, but in all fairness, these kids are twice his age. And they can walk! It is possible he is just teaching them how to survive with a puppy in the house. You have to hang on to your cookies!
We have aided Harry's own cookie defense buy installing a swing gate in the kitchen. You can imagine how happy Bailey is to sit on the wrong side of the gate while the new kid gets the cookie!