Where's the beef?

The funny thing with him is that he'll try most anything but if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. He is into chewing things and then spitting them out OR eating and then gagging himself to make himself throw up. I think it's mostly behavioral in that he has learned that gagging and/or making it come back up gets him more attention (and he DOES get plenty of attention). So I've taken to trying to ignore when he gags himself (just last night while I was preparing his dinner, he sat in his chair sticking his finger down the side back of his throat and he saw that I was turning around in alarm and he'd do it again. SO I forced myself to turn my back to him and not turn around when he made the noise and finally, he stopped. You know, it's the old, you tell them "NO NO NO" and they want to do it more. Maybe ignore it and it'll go away, that way he's not getting anything out of it? I don't know.

Growing too fast. Whizzing by. He actually liked the shish kabob. He kept wanting to take bites of that meat. I thought it was funny. Yes, he has teeth, but oh MY. I can't keep up.

--J