CHOOSY EATER

Another story that Kristen told me about - but one I've seen in various bits before - is of Tobin's eating habits. Every kid is stuffed full of chicken nuggets in their young lives, right? And they probably all love these kinds of meals. Well Tobin's not all that different, but the way he approaches the meal is.

He likes to take a bite from each nugget and then be done with it. Once it's been bitten, it's no longer good apparently. In fact, it doesn't even belong back in the carton, or on the plate once it's got a bite out of it - the bitten are banished to the table top!

So Tobin was eating his chicken nuggets for dinner, and he was almost through all of them - only one was still whole. So he's going through his inventory, picking up a bitten nugget, "No." Another bitten nugget, "No. No. No." Until he gets to the last remaining nugget in all its un-nibbled glory. He picks it up and exclaims, "Good!" and takes the last bite of his meal.

I'm sure there's some psychology to this nugget ritual. Hopefully he can explain it to us one day.