Eating

If you want to gain the patience of Mother Theresa, teach your child to feed themselves. After that you will...

-Spend most of the meal picking up food off of the floor (both "by accident" food and "on purpose" food)

-Make noises like "DING!" (fork) and "SCOOP!" (spoon) to help her remember the actions

-Try to convince her that "Mommy helps?" is a really good idea

-Cheer loudly when she gets any amount of food from the tray, onto her spoon and into her mouth 

-Secretly wish that she'd just revert to her hands and get it over with

...and 3 hours later, you've finished a meal.

She certainly lives up to her bib these days