Children has a wild imagination which is really nice, good and interesting but sometimes this imagination, instead of being fun, turns your day or may be your week upside down. Here comes the problem!
One day, my daughter’s friend told her that a bone was stuck in her throat and she went to see her doctor, he got it out and she was fine, playing and happy; a simple tale (may be made up by her friend), but it wasn’t so for my daughter; she listened and imagined the process, stored the details in her brain for later which was not that far.
She imagined everything, she ate or would eat, would be stuck in her throat, vegetables in her soup, mashed potato, everything soft or hard; how long I explained and how she listened carefully was good, really good, at least her panic was a bit relieved and she would eat little and go to play, but soon she would come back, crying, repeating the whole story.
Finally I explained how her body is very clever; there is a liquid inside her mouth (is it Saliva? I think so) helps her sharp teeth mash and ground all of what she eats, some water or juice will do a great job to also help her strong tongue swallow and push everything through her throat straight away into her stomach. And it works.
‘Of course nothing could ever be stuck in my throat,’ she boasted.
‘Yes, and thank God,’ I prayed.
Wishing you all the best,
Nahla
Pure and Simple 
Explaining facts to kids is sometimes hard.
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True, Thanks Arlene for reading
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Haha she had such funny idea. Nice explanation by you.
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Yes, she has
Thanks so much for reading
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Children make me laugh a lot with their unbridled imagination. So pure. Sometimes explaining things to them is not easy but a worthwhile lesson 🙂
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Yes Jacqueline, but sometimes you don’t feel like laughing anymore, it’s too much imagination. Thanks so much for reading
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Nahla, you have a nice way to explain to your daughter. I hope she gets over her fear soon. I remember eating fish as a kid and the fish bone stuck in my throat as I swallow. It took a long time to get rid of it.
For the sake of digestion, I was told to chew 100 times before I swallow. It turns out that in the process of chewing, I feel the bones and avoid swallowing them.
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Yes,it’s not a nice experience and something that would hardly be forgotten.
Thanks for reading Miriam
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It’s scary for a kid though, and you have to use a language she understand to explain and take her fear away. It’s the art of being a mother!
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I think you did a wonderful job in explanation. and yes to a child who has a vivid imagination I can see how difficult this was for her.. I am pleased you were able to quell her fears .. The last thing needed if for her to develop fear of eating..
So I am happy she is alright now.. What a great Mother you are.. ❤
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Not all the time Sue, today i shouted at her because she got the tuna out of her sandwich looking for bones, there are brown bits, is the bread burned and finally spilled her juice. I shouted just eat! And she did
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Haha.. lol, knowing when to be kind and when to be firm.. Are all the Signs of Good Mother.. I also told my granddaughter who is Seven, off yesterday.. She has a habit which she gets away at home with, to eat the middle out of her sandwiches .. Wasting perfectly good wholemeal brown bread.. 🙂 Sometimes firmness is required.. 🙂 ❤
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Yes, the shortcut too 😉
Thanks so much for reading
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Oh Nahla! Much love and blessings to your daughter 🙂 and to you. Debbie
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind comment
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