Daniel likes sweets. Now that he can ask using words, he requests sweets early and often. When I ask him if he'd like toast for breakfast, the exchange goes something like:
Daniel: Cookie!
Mommy: No cookies for breakfast. How 'bout toast?
Daniel: Ice cream!
Mommy: I don't think that's a good idea. What do you think about toast?
Daniel: Cake!
Mommy: We don't have cake. I'm making you toast.
Daniel: Candy!
Mommy: Mmmm...toast.
When he wants to pull out the big guns:
Mommy: Are you hungry? What should we get?
Daniel: Cookie!
Mommy: You haven't had lunch and didn't eat much breakfast. I could make you a sandwich.
Daniel: Cookie!
Mommy: I would like you to eat something more substantial.
Daniel: Cookie! ...please.
At this point, Mommy usually caves because he's used 'please' in the correct context and probably won't eat anything else anyway.
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