My youngest brother, Stephen, was nicknamed "The Ketchup King" because he always had to have the entire plate full of ketchup! Now, my four year-old is the same way. He needs a big pile of ketchup that takes up half the plate or he will throw a fit. After a few dips of french-fries, the ketchup gets spread out a bit and, "I need more Ketchup." "But Jonathan, you have a lot of ketchup on your plate." "I NEED MORE!"

I stumbled onto the solution to this conflict just a few months ago when we went to a restaurant for dinner. The ketchup was served in small round 2 oz. plastic containers with lids. Jonathan thought these were great! He could dip all he wanted and only asked for one refill because the container always looked full. I grabbed a few extra to take home and now I keep these ready in the refrigerator. I wish all of Jonathan's "quirks" were this easy to solve!