In true toddler fashion, one of Elliot's less than pleasant phases recently has been not wanting to eat ANYTHING at the table during meal time. In an effort to get us past this difficult dinner time phase we started wildly applauding
every time she would amuse us with a bite of food. Elliot has taken this extra bit of praise....and RAN with it. We now
applaud (on demand mind you) for all kinds of things Elliot does. For example, we went to get the mail from the mail box. Elliot insisted "I do it SELF!!!" She can barely reach, but when she pulled a letter out of the box she jumped up and down yelling, "Clap for Ellie, clap for Ellie!!!!" Audra and I, her dutiful
audience, clapped and cheered as two of her favorite fan club members.
In true toddler fashion, one of Elliot's less than pleasant phases recently has been not wanting to eat ANYTHING at the table during meal time. In an effort to get us past this difficult dinner time phase we started wildly applauding every time she would amuse us with a bite of food. Elliot has taken this extra bit of praise....and RAN with it. We now applaud (on demand mind you) for all kinds of things Elliot does. For example, we went to get the mail from the mail box. Elliot insisted "I do it SELF!!!" She can barely reach, but when she pulled a letter out of the box she jumped up and down yelling, "Clap for Ellie, clap for Ellie!!!!" Audra and I, her dutiful audience, clapped and cheered as two of her favorite fan club members.
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