Babble

we set off an easter firestorm by prechewing a bit of food for our 8 month old son in front of extended family.  add prechewing to pumping and/or breastfeeding in public to their list of "gross" and "disgusting" child rearing practices.  no, neither mom nor dad has hiv, hepatitis, or periodontal disease.  we remain unapologetic pre-masticators.  are we alone?

I certainly did do the bite things into smaller bits (is this pre-chewing?) and no one ever batted an eye. I'm not sure what the big deal is...

I never thought the practice had an actual term for it, but I don't have a problem with it.  Jillian only has three teeth, all on the bottom, so there are some things I will mangle into teenier bits for her.  How is that gross?  Especially compared to all the other gross things one does as a mother (picking the baby's nose comes to mind - she gets amazing bogeys), this is just one more thing.

Chew away, I say.