An Appetizing Tale

The other night for dinner I made fettuccine and scallops with a wine butter sauce. Classy right? So the kids and I are sitting down to eat when Sasha starts choking. I look at her, and can see no evidence of food in her throat, at which point I start to panic. I can't remember if she's had seafood before or not, and figure it would be just my luck that she would be allergic and going into anaphylactic shock. As I sit there wondering whether or not I'll have time to put the food away before heading off to the E.R., she settles down and stops coughing. But a second later she starts crying and saying "nose, nose". She refuses to eat anymore, so I wash her up and set her on the floor to play while I finish my dinner. She fusses and cries, saying "nose, nose" on and off for ten minutes or so. I wonder if her throat hurts from choking and if she's just confused as to what body part is in pain. All of a sudden she walks over by me and sneezes, at which point eight inches or so of fettuccine noodle shoots out of her nose, dripping with snot. No wonder the poor girl was saying "nose, nose". I guess she must have inhaled the noodle while she was choking. I can only imagine the discomfort. I grabbed the noodle and put it in a cup on the table so I could finish eating. A few minutes later I look over just in time to see Sasha grab the cup and eat the noodle. Disgusting! Too bad I didn't have my video camera at hand or I think we'd be up for some serious cash on America's Funniest Home Videos.

Random Notes

Sasha's Vocabulary List: mama, dada, papa, food (which can mean food or, in combination with boob-grabbing, "nurse me NOW"), cheese (which also means any kind of food she likes), ba (means bath), poop, truck/sock/quack/cracker (all pronounced "cock"), hat, bankie (blanket), Jo (Jordan), Ka-ee (Karlye), eye, nose, teeth, cheeks, chest, foot, shoe, ball, bike, Abbie (the neighbor girl), baby (usually in reference to her baby doll), me (while admiring herself in the mirror), boop (means book), a wide array of animal sounds with gorilla (complete with chest thumping) being the current favorite, and several I'm sure I'm forgetting

Theory Confirmed: Just because Sasha is more independent than Jordan was as a baby does not make her easier to care for. Example: Earlier this week she decided to put her face in the water at bath time. She doesn't know that she needs to hold her breath. Bath time ended dramatically with a lovely choking, coughing, crying session. Jordan wouldn't put his face in the water until last summer, age 4. Go figure.

Sentimental Moment: My baby's growing up too fast (and not the little one either). Jordan had kindergarten visitation today! I can't believe I'm old enough to have a child in kindergarten. I'm beset by elementary school flashbacks...

Economic Nightmare Resolved: We had a panic a few weeks ago when Justin (along with 234 other Sub Zero employees) received word that they would be laid off indefinitely as of June 13th. Not only is this not the time to be looking for a job, but even in the best economy other manufacturing jobs around here don't come close to paying what he makes now (ie. enough money to pay our mortgage and assorted other bills). Fortunately they've since lowered the number of lay-offs, and he will not lose his job (or so they say).