>
> My son has been in the food-throwing stage
> almost as long as he's been in the
> food-eating stage. We are continually trying to
> break him of it. My mother made things worse
> when she showed him how much fun it was to
> throw Cheerios to the dog. Argh!
>
> Gri"got any tips?"shny

Nope, just sympathy, and the assurance that this does eventually end.

Incidentally, the five-second time period is too long for those of us who have owned Labrador Retrievers. Usually the food never even hit the ground.

te (naming her next dog Hoover) ach