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ashnistrike) wrote2011-02-24 10:16 pm
ashnistrike) wrote2011-02-24 10:16 pm
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Highlights in Parenting
Bobby is recovering from a stomach bug, and his appetite is recovering somewhat slowly. This means that it took 3 parents to feed him chicken soup tonight--me to hold him so that he wouldn't need separate reassuring hugs between each bite, S to sing Kipling songs--why that helps, I'm not sure, but it does--and his Daddy to actually put soup in his mouth. Pursuant to this, we also taught him to critique Kipling:
Me: "The chorus of 'Mandalay' is very nice, but the verses are a classic example of orientalism."
Bobby: "A classic example of nanamamanentalism!"
We never did get him to pronounce it right, but it's a start.
The chicken soup was helpful, and he proceeded to eat salad on his own. He then asked to smell everything on the spice rack--we would tell him what it was, he would sniff, and in almost all cases would ask to lick a little off his hand. Coriander. Curry. Zatar. Lemon pepper. Northwoods mix. Fenugreek. I had a lick of fenugreek myself, and discovered that I am not a highly spice-tolerant 2-year-old, and vastly prefer my spices diluted by actual food.
Me: "The chorus of 'Mandalay' is very nice, but the verses are a classic example of orientalism."
Bobby: "A classic example of nanamamanentalism!"
We never did get him to pronounce it right, but it's a start.
The chicken soup was helpful, and he proceeded to eat salad on his own. He then asked to smell everything on the spice rack--we would tell him what it was, he would sniff, and in almost all cases would ask to lick a little off his hand. Coriander. Curry. Zatar. Lemon pepper. Northwoods mix. Fenugreek. I had a lick of fenugreek myself, and discovered that I am not a highly spice-tolerant 2-year-old, and vastly prefer my spices diluted by actual food.
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So. Damn. Cute!
And glad he's feeling somewhat better.