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Sarah M.
ily, 22 months
She said ‘more please’ at dinner tonight — I cried happy tears 🥹
We've been working on the mealtime language prompts card from the resource center for about 3 weeks. Tonight at dinner, completely unprompted, Lila looked at her bowl and said 'more please.' I honestly had to excuse myself to go ugly…
Sarah M.
Mom to Lila, 22 months
We've been working on the mealtime language prompts card from the resource center for about 3 weeks. Tonight at dinner, completely unprompted, Lila looked at her bowl and said 'more please.' I honestly had to excuse myself to go ugly cry in the kitchen. This stuff works. Thank you Deborah and this community for keeping me going on the hard days.
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