He ate a bug.....!

Imagine my curiosity at the sudden silence in the area where my chattery nine month old son, Sean, sat. Silence and children usually (in my experience) mean something is amiss. So I did what any normal mommy would do... I checked on him. What I found (as a self-proclaimed bug-a-phobe) was absolutely horrific! There sat my happy boy on the floor, enthusiastically chewing on the biggest moth I have ever seen in my life! Accompanying the drool down his chin was a fully intact leg while a wing provided its shade on his upper lip. On the floor around him were various annihilated moth body parts, scattered like any executed being would be. And still, there sat Sean as if breakfast was no different than any other day, with the body of a bug rolling around across his tongue. Now I don't know what I should have done, but what I did do was proclaim out loud (after the many gags and expletives) that I was NOT going in after that bug. Sean would just have to chew it up and eat it... after all, four teeth on bottom and none on top would be enough to do the job... wouldn't it? He answered my question by giving me the biggest, slobbery/mothy, open mouthed smile he could muster revealing the true size of his meal. On his tongue sat the body of the now dubbed "King Kong Moth" that probably took up the entire surface of his tongue. I said a couple more expletives as I realized that the body would not dissolve like the Gerber Biter Biscuit I wished it was and I had to go in after it. So I did. Gagging the whole time. One finger-sweep and that slobbery mess of a used-to-be-bug flew from his mouth and landed in a saliva-ee mess on my forearm! Great. Mommy is gagging, bug is dead and stuck to gagging mommy (ew! gross!), and Sean is screaming bloody murder at having his meal stopped prematurely. I guess looking on the bright side; Sean got a daily shot of protein, Mommy felt accomplishment at facing a fear, and there is one less bug to worry about. All in all, I guess we know who will be killing the spiders in daddy's absence. Thanks for taking care of me Sean!!