Looking back on the early days of training

Here is Sadie at 2.5 learning to carry the milk to the table. Freaking out and taking the gallon of milk away from her would have squashed her excitement.

At young ages kids want to learn but they don't have any skills. She managed to drag the milk to the table and I lifted it up for her. That is where I believe the training starts. I sat at the dinner table watching the whole thing, okay so I had to get up to get a camera, but I did not interfere. Sadie is now 4 and getting her own drink comes naturally to her. I do remember having to close the fridge door a lot in the early days.

I wanted to share this to give people a sense of the time line for training that Vicki Hoefle talks about. It doesn't happen over night, in one week or one year. It happens just over time and all kids being different will need more or less help along the way.