i regretted my decision immediately

i've been giving Moses small tastes of various flavors over the last couple of months because (in theory) it will make them into better eaters as older kids... well, at least more tolerant of different kinds of foods.  so, on sunday, we were at bee-dubs (a wing place), and i had a bite of a delicious curry flavored chicken wing.  without thinking too much about it, i put a little sauce on my finger and offered it to Moses, who very willingly sucked it right off.  as it turned out, it was actually quite spicy.  enter regret.  and guilt.  :O]

as the fire was slowly and frighteningly spreading in my own mouth, i could see the pain spread across Mo's little facial expression as well.  i tried offering other foods, and of course, he doesn't know anything about that, so he just knows his mouth hurts and he wants it to stop.  poor baby.  after what seemed like a really long time, i got ice water into his mouth using a straw, and that actually seemed to help.  thank goodness. crisis averted.  turns out that spiciness was appropriate motivation for mo to drink a bit more water through the straw regularly on his very own!  way to excel, sweet boy.

love,

me