Be Careful What You Wish For

I recently wrote about my concerns about Cakes' speech, and since then we’ve been working really hard at forcing her to use her words. We’ve already seen some improvement—when I wrote that post, she wasn’t using the word “no”. This week, a typical conversation with Cakes goes like this:

“What would you like for lunch?”

[Undecipherable tirade]

“Would you like chicken?”

“No!”

“Would you like tofu?”

“No!” [vigorous head shaking]

“Would you like carrots?”

“Please please crackers!”

“How about some pasta?” [note of desperation]

“Buddy, please please crackers!”