When I eat, I often tell Mommy and Daddy what I want. After I finish eating I’ll sign that I want apples or oranges. Sometimes during a meal I’ll sign for milk. If I want more food, which is almost always, I’ll sign and say so. Sometimes I have to remind Mommy that although she made me a delicious dinner, she forgot to give me my tea. I say, “Ju, ju” to let her know. For some reason I call my tea “ju” for juice I think.
I also assign seating at meals. I usually want Daddy to sit on the blue chair in front of me and Mommy to sit on the pink chair to the side. I’ll allow Mommy to sit in the blue chair when Daddy is not around, but when he comes home I quite rudely kick Mommy out of the chair.