Once we can actually eat mushies and then food, would using smaller spoons/forks and plates be helpful? Would that help us to chew the right amounts? Would it help us to take longer to eat? Has anyone done this?

I have to add this..... in the beginning I found the idea of eating off small plates and using tiny spoons, eating tiny baby sandwiches, and playing with the idea so much fun that it REALLY helped me keep on track with portions.... I had stopped thinking about it and having fun with it recently and realized that I slowly started going back up again to larger and larger plates (stopped losing weight and feeling discouraged)... Thanks to these posts, I think I'll start having fun with it again.

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