The most tedious tasks of any given day is Akshara's meal times. I will not brand her as a fussy eater, however, she is not a very "willing" eater either. Regular Fairy Tales do not work any more...it has to be a BIG monkey or BIG crow or a BIG some animal that catches her attention.
During one such meal time,I called out for her and said "Aksha, please come and take a mouth-full and then you can go". The moment she heard the word "full" she froze, saying "amma, no mouth-full amma".
I said "Ok, take a mouth-half then" and she said "Ok, gimme mouth-half". She happily ate the same spoonful of mouth-ful rice!!