Learner Dad: I’ve lost count of the meals where my son ate 16 sachets of ketchup

"I end up muttering furiously and trying to tear the top of the sachet off with my teeth like some kind of demented hyena"

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I love a small win. The big moments are important when you have kids – birthdays, new school year, etc. But they’re not half as important as a ketchup sachet that opens the first time of asking.

We recently went on a day trip to Waterford and stopped in Dungarvan for something to eat. I was tired and ready to eat my arm  with the hunger. This isn’t usually when I’m at my best. And it's usually when one or both of the kids decides that they don’t like what they ordered.