He hears her soft whimper and smiles hearing the soft sounds coming from her. He thinks that she understands what he is doing and doesn't mean to cause her any harm but all this is just to teach her respect and to see him as the person that would be in charage of her and to make sure she was well. so after the plate is ready he smiles and says "OK i hope that you enjoy it." That is his way of telling her that she may know eat the plate of food. He forgot to get her something to drink but when he sees someone he will make sure to have someone bring her something since he was sure that she also needed something to drink.