Esther is not a great eater at dinner time. She usually eats her veggies (as long as we serve her favorites: corn, peas, or carrots, and recently, broccoli), nibbles on and perhaps even makes a sizable dent in any bread being served, but an entree...forget it. If she eats three bites we're thrilled. Finish the portion and we're over the moon. And as long as she'll eat one bite, however tiny and even if we have to force it into her mouth, we have come to terms with this and feel like we're doing all right as parents in the food department.
So last night we had leftover Easter ham, corn, and parmesan bread for dinner. Esther actually ate a fair bit of everything (ham is probably her favorite meat) so when she started playing with her food instead of eating it Zach asked if she was done; we were more than satisfied with her consumption. She said "uh-huh," followed immediately by a hopeful "teet?" (treat). Yikes! Scary when a child thinks dessert is a given before the age of two! Can you tell we've had a long streak of Christmas candy/Valentine's candy/desserts brought with dinner from friends/Easter candy?
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