The Timer

Abigail was taking far too long to eat dinner.

It’s not that she doesn’t like what we’re having, she just doesn’t like to eat. She’d rather play, read, tell stories or talk.

It was driving me crazy.

Finally Jen came up with an idea. Let’s set a timer and tell her she can’t have dessert (usually apple sauce) unless she finishes her dinner on time.

I didn’t think it would work. She has no concept of time. How would a timer make a difference?

It does.

We keep setting it to 25 minutes and it works.

No more hour long dinner sessions.

It’s awesome.

Now if we could just get Lauren to get more food in her mouth and less on the floor…

– b