the teacher becomes the student.

I took Katherine to the grocery store this evening. She was getting a little fussy so I gave her a block of cheese to hold for me. I thought she might be getting bored. Giving her something usually does the trick.

Then I turn my back to her as I was deciding on the two other blocks of cheese to purchase. (there was a sale 3 for $5...big stuff!)

I turn back around to find out that maybe she was fussy because she was hungry....not bored.

I had to explain to the cashier that I was, in fact, buying the block of cheese that had teeth marks in it. Then I got to reiterate to Katherine a new lesson that we do NOT eat cheese in the store...through the wrapper.

I don't who is teaching who.... I now know to not give an 18 month old cheese before dinner...unsupervised.