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I have already discussed somewhere around here how we broke the younger one of his overly picky eating habits. (I don't consider allowing mild levels of self-starvation to be child abuse, myself. They'll eat when they're hungry.) But the drinking/swallowing thing has proven to be much harder. Believe me, we've tried. What makes it hard is neither one of them "knows" how to swallow. I think it was HLJ who was mentioning the phenomenon--if you tell them to swallow, they just stare at you blankly. They aren't consciously aware of how the food gets down their throat. We've practiced chugging liquids so they can really feel each big swallow, but still I get the vacant look.
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