43 minutes

 

43 minutes....that's how long it took Seth to chew and swallow his first bite of supper.  43 minutes and 8 of those lovely choking gags.  I got the first forkful of fish into his mouth at 6:01.  And then he sat, and sat and sat; letting the saliva juices slowly break down the food that rested on his tongue.  At 6:44 Seth had finally managed to get it down his esophagus.  I calculated that he had about 15 more bites of supper left.  This equates to 645 minutes until he's done his supper.  In other words, he should be done by 5:30 tomorrow morning.

 

There was a whole lot of this type of conversation going on;

 

Me: Seth, CHEW AND SWALLOW!

Seth: I don't know HOW!!!

Me: Really???  You've been doing it since you were born!

Seth: How do you chew?

Me: I'm going to throw that in a blender and make you drink it

Seth: Ok.