One of Jack's areas of great discomfort is a human with some sort of a stick in close proximity...First , his Mommy discovered it as she rolled out a contractor's measuring tape in Jack's presence -- he got visibly agitated and ran away! She then proceeded at different times to display him a broom, a hoe, a roll of gift paper --to confirm Jack's special fear around the whole idea of a standing person holding a long, skinny object. Each time, Jack gets nervious and runs. He cannot even observe from inside the house when his Mommy operates a spade or an axe outside in the yard. He just gets out of sight into the deepest corner of the house.
One can only imagine a possible cause of such phobia...
One way to get him a bit less scared of sticks, was an idea of feeding him a treat on a stick. Long stirring spoon seemed a good fit for the purpose.
It took quite a few attempts to finally get Jack eat straight from a "stick"
Still, not working for other long skinny objects, but we are getting there!
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