Here's How It Went:
Gum Chewing Experience #1: Dan gave him half of his piece
about 10 minutes after he put it in his mouth
Me: "Tavin where's your gum?
Tavin: "In my tummy!"
*So we had a discussion about how we aren't supposed to chew gum and swallow it like we do food-we chew it until we are done with it, but then we spit it in the garbage.
Gum Chewing Experience #2: Dan gives Tavin his own piece of gum-not thinking anything of it-hmmm daddy-is that such a good idea? I guess we will find out
About a half hour after he got his gum I notice he isn't chewing anymore
Mom: "Tavin where is your gum? Is it in your tummy again?
Tavin: "No"
Mom: "Oh did you remember to spit it in the garbage when you didn't want it anymore?" -pleased that he caught on so fast
Tavin: "No-it got lost"
Mom: a little nervous now- "What do you mean?"
Tavin: "It fell out of my mouth and it got lost"-stated matter of factly
Both Dan and I started looking for the wad of gum in the carpet of our living room but to no avail....But don't worry we found it.
About an hour later-I was sitting on the floor talking to Dan's mom (they were visiting for President's weekend and had just arrived) and went to get up to get something-guess what I just happened to sit on-yep that wad of gum!
It was a long string from my butt to the carpet. Thankfully we were able to get it off my pants and out of the carpet with no real problems!
Gum Chewing Experience #3: I know, I know-you would think that by now we would have realized that maybe Tavin isn't ready for gum chewing-but for some reason he ended up with another piece. Three Strikes and your out right?
Again the gum chewing rules were reviewed and Tavin agreed shaking his head in reply that he definitely understood this time!
I looked over after an hour and he was still chewing it-phew no swallowing or losing the gum-when dinner time came I helped him throw his gum in the garbage (making sure I saw that it actually made it there this time)
Dinner time was over and we were playing a game in the living room when I happened to notice that he was making a chewing motion with his mouth again....hmmm that is odd-so I asked him
Mom: "Tavin what are you chewing on?"
Tavin: "My gum"
I looked at Dan to see if he had given him another piece-he shook his head- not knowing where the new piece had come from.
Mom: "How did you get that piece of gum Tavin? We threw your gum in the garbage before dinner."
Tavin: "I know mom-I got it out of the garbage cause I wanted it back for a while!" (he said this in a "Duhhh mom!" manner:)
I guess we didn't think to tell him that he shouldn't take it back out of the garbage once he throws it away when we were discussing the "gum chewing rules" How silly of us!
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