Mother of the year here! We were outside, DS had a bowl of raisins. He likes showing us what he's eating a lot, he'll hold it up, and DH or I will say "yep, eat it, it's good!".
Well, he was standing there by his bowl of raisins, holding up one. I said "it's yummy, eat it!". He did. I didn't realize the dark thing he was holding up was a clump of mud, not a raisin. He made a horrible face, cried, and puked. It took some convincing to get him to eat the raisins again (one of his favorite things to eat!).
One of my boys at dog food a friend's new house. Threw up immediately all over her living room floor. Thank god it was hard wood! Apparently puking after eating something inappropriate is the thing to do!
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