If you're going to a cocktail party where the host will serve dip, you might want to consider not taking Tahlia, for she is the extreme double dipper.
You must know, first of all, that Mommy and Daddy may be considered by some to be bad parents. The reason for this is, at a very young age, we introduced Tahlia to ranch dressing. She always loved it, dipping her broccoli, carrots, green beans, or other vegetable of the evening deeply into this white, heavenly condiment even though its acidity would leave her with read welts on her soft pink cheeks where the dressing had sat for too long after a failed attempt at hitting her mouth.
There were a few times, early on, when we would have to remind Tahlia that she must actually dip her veggies in the ranch. Using her index finger as a modified ranch spoon was not acceptable.
Recently, however, we saw the supreme of her attaining the most ranch for her buck.
She was eating peas. Usually she will grab some and give a quick dip and pop them into her mouth. Occasionally, she would eat them without dipping them at all, much like she does when she eats them for snacks. Suddenly, I noticed that she was reaching inside her mouth. This made me panic since, when she usually does this, she is beginning to choke on a piece of food and is trying to grab it.
She wasn't choking. I watched as she deftly used her small index finger and thum to pinch a ranch free pea from her tongue so that she could swipe it a second time in the ranch.
I couldn't believe my eyes. Mommy and I waited to see if it was a one time occurrence . Unfortunately it wasn't.
There are many things you say as a parent that you never expect to say. "Tahlia, after we put food in our mouths, we don't take it out to put more ranch on it," is one of those things.
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