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sometimes, i do ask him to hold the tike
and he puts the tike down and the tike crawls to mama...


then perhaps if it is in a case where mama needs the free hands to get a hot bird out of the oven mamma can specify "just til I get this bird out, I don't want her to get burned" or perhaps you could let him know she's clingy and could he help you and take the bird out?

glad to hear you've invited him for a nooner!! (shame shame LL there just having lunch!!)

LL