At dinner time Oscar was arsing about with the food on his plate. He started throwing big forkfuls of peas into his mouth, tipping his head back and kind of gargling them down.
Jason: ‘Oscar. Stop doing that please.’
Oscar: ‘But dada. It is a brilliant thing to do. Look…’ (gargle, gargle)
Jason: ‘Oscar! You need to stop doing that right now, or you will get a pea lodged in your wind pipe and choke to death.’
Me: ‘Yes! And I couldn’t do the Heimlich manoeuvre in first aid class because I was too pregnant with Tallulah and they were afraid I would burst. So please don’t do it.’
Oscar: ‘Mmmmmm.’
Two minutes passes in relative peace.
Then Oscar does it again.
Jason is just about to tell him off very fiercely when Oscar turns to him with an angelic smile on his face and says:
‘Look dada! You see. I have no peas stuck in my pipes at all.’
What a great response. Could only have come from the mouth of a babe!
I have only this to say… serve mushy peas, for Health and Safety’s sake.
PS: Congratulations on your Tots 100 entry!!
You should tell him that even smartarses come unstuck (or choke) occasionally!
Spencer
Quite!
Dotterel
Ewww. I think I’d rather risk death thanks. Thanks for the congrats. I was amazed.
Sharon
I did. He wasn’t impressed at all.