Me: Stop eating the eggshell.
Her: But I like the eggshell.
Me: No you don’t, you’re only doing it to annoy me.
Her: No, I’m not.
Me: Yes, you are.
Her: Are we at the pantomime?
Me (trying another tack):Â Do you know where eggs come from?
Her: Where?
Me: A hen’s bottom.
Her: But wee and poo come out of bottoms.
Me: Also eggs. From hen’s bottoms.
Her (looking dubiously at eggshell): I’m not convinced.
Is smacking children always wrong? Discuss.
Polycyllabic children – fabulous.
(Um, I sort of know what she means about the eggshell – it’s something about the crunchy texture. Only a nibble, of course. Anyway, it has been boiled so should be bacteria free. No?)
Now, she is going to eat again and have a close look next time she goes to the potty to see if you are right.
Trip to the farm. 🙂