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Four-year-old Fitz Kettler pulls his stepstool up to the kitchen counter , eager to help his mom stir the cupcake batter .
“ He really likes to help with the baking because he knows there will be a blueberry muffin or a cupcake that he can eat afterward ,” mom Christina Kettler said .
One day she came into the kitchen to find her sweet boy using his cutting board and toddler-safe knife to cut up watermelon into tiny cubes for his baby sister , Zoe . Fitz is a healthy and happy child , but these family scenes were not a given four years ago .
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