Today we had a big lesson about asking for food and then not eating it after it was especially prepared upon request.

Just sitting around getting hungry is not Richard’s style.В  The usual thing is to think, gee I’m hungry and I feel like - hmm lets see. . .В  Ahh yea an egg.

Richard - Babuliya make me a fried egg.

Babuliya - OK, are you sure you want one?В  Maybe some salami and cheese on bread?

Richard - No, I said fired egg.

So Babuliya goes and makes him a nice fried egg with some small garnishing and then it started.В  Richard wasn’t hungry anymore and didn’t want anything, especially fried egg!В  In comes nasty Papa.

The deal was laid down.В  The egg gets eaten as it was requested or it goes in the bin.В  If it goes in the bin there is no food for the next five hours (until dinner time), only water and next time he asks for somthing and doesn’t eat it the same thing will happen.В  Or of course, just eat the egg and everthing will be ok.

After quite a long pause, let’s say more than three minutes but not five the verdict was announced.В  I will drink water for five hours.В  The future rules were laid out again and he accepted.В 

Whoosh, splat, ka-ching, crashВ - the egg was in the bin and the dirtly plate in the sink.В  Richard was left sitting in the kitchen wondering if he should laugh or cry.В  He did nothing, just pondered and then came out to the lounge and played so quietly.

Apart from a piece of apple that ‘accidently’ got offered to him (and accepted quietly mind you) he didn’t have anything except water until dinner and then ate dinner nicely.В  Now each time he is ordering something to eat he is very, very careful! If he starts to get carried away and a bit demanding he is reminded, Richard do you remember the egg?В 

What a nice kid.

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