Conversation in the dark

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Conversation before Peter fell asleep tonight:

Peter: (hick, hick, hick)

Dan: Peter, let's get rid of those hickups so you can sleep. Sit up, here's a glass of water.

P: (sip, sip)

D: There, did that stop your hickups?

P: Yes, hickups all (hick) gone!

D: Oops. Drink a some more water.

P: (sip, sip) There, hickups all g-(hick)-one! (laughs) No!

D: Uh-oh! Try again.

P: (sip, sip) Yes, hickup all (hick) gone! No! (laughs)

[Repeat 3 more times, much laughter]

D: Hmm, let's try something else. Did you know that startling someone can stop hickups? Should I startle you?

P: Yes!

D: Ok. When you startle someone you have to talk to them for a while until they don't know when it's going to happen and then when they don't expect it you have TALK REALLY LOUD!! (quickly grab Peter's leg)

P: (semi-betrayed look)

D: Did daddy scare you?

P: Yes!

D: That's how you get rid of hickups. (smile, look happy not scary) I tried to startle you so that your hickups would go away. It's ok. Are your hickups gone?

P: (uneasy smile) Yes!

[no more hickups]

:)