Back when C was in his early speaking stages, he went through a brief little phase where he was suspicious of everything we put on his plate. I’m not sure why, because he had a very wide range of things that he liked. In fact, J even fed him hummus once and he gobbled it down.<\/p>\n
On second thought, never mind. Any child who has been fed hummus is entitled to be suspicious of his or her parents.<\/p>\n
In any case, we were sitting at the table one evening eating shake and bake chicken when he looked at it and pushed it away. “No!”<\/p>\n
I tried to coax him into eating, but was having no success. Finally in frustration, I said “but it’s chicken! You like chicken!”<\/p>\n
He looked at the little piece of chicken on his plate for a moment, and then he looked at me. “Bok-bok?”<\/p>\n
“Yes!” I shouted triumphantly, and then at his horrified look, “uh, no! No! It’s a nugget. Nug-get.”<\/p>\n
Yes, I’m not always the brightest bulb in the box. And yes, I do believe he went hungry that night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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