Now, if you’re looking for saussies you’ve come to the wrong place. Though I can assure you the 2-44 year olds (except me) had plenty of traditional Irish barbecue (lots of meat and clouds) the babies were another story. I sat Theo on my knee while I ate my delicious halloumi & courgette skewers, grilled asparagus, & beetroot salad – seriously, how do any of you people need meat when things like that are available? I fully expected to hand him sticks of various things and to watch him chuck them to the ground. He’s a shouty distracible baby so with his brother and 6 cousins around I figured he wouldn’t go for much.
But soon he was transfixed. We all were truth be told. Theo’s little cousin Tessa (8.5 months) was quietly and determinedly working her way through several pieces of courgette, her little fist firmly wrapped about it. Then she chomped down on some delicious asparagus. But that wasn’t enough, so next with the aid of her dad to steady the load, she munched her way around a large ear of corn. The thing that struck me most of all…the neatness! See that blue plate? It’s not even glued or suckered to the table, she just didn’t bother with The Swiping or The Throwing so beloved of my sons. *sigh* Jealous! Tessa is the third of three children, and the first one of them to do baby led weaning. She could not be a better ad for it!
Theo, wide eyed and inspired tried everything he saw over the next day. We’re gonna have to hang out with Tessa a bit more!