Babies Have Truly Mastered the Art of Mindfulness

Exhibit A: Mindful eating, from the perspective of a baby

Photo by Derek Owens on Unsplash

Earlier this morning, I was feeding my 16-month-old daughter, Olga*, at breakfast. She was the familiar, picturesque sight of a ravenous baby, evidently starving after a grueling 11-hour stretch of sleep, shamelessly shoving fistfuls of scrambled eggs into her pudgy little face…