Self Feeding and Learning to Walk

I have been putting some cereals in a bowl for Tao to feed herself so that I can do my work. She spends more time trying to grab her food (pincers grip) and gathering scattered cereals on the floor than actually eating it.

Since Tao is one, we have been training her to hold her own bottle when drinking milk. This is way too late compared with Tian who could hold her own bottle since she was 6 months old. I think we spoil Tao more. Another reason is that due to breastfeeding, Tao has been rejecting formula so we always try our best to hold her and coax her to finish her milk. We will be very happy as long as she finishes her milk and do not mind holding her but it is time for her to be more independent.

Tao enjoying her bottle of phytomilk mixed with formula milk

Since last week, she has also tried to take a few steps unaided. We were thinking she would learn to walk later than her sis as she seemed more cautious and 'lazy' to learn. If she begins to walk in this one or two weeks, it would be in her 13th month like her sis.