Gabriel is part chipmunk

I finally firgured it out. Frustration has been mounting towards my 19 month old, who often decides not to swallow his food and carries it around, sometimes unbeknownst to me, for hours at a time, before he decides to spit it out somewhere on the floor. It started out with just grapes. I quickly discovered that he wasn't able to, or didn't want to, swallow the skin of grapes. I would be innocently walking around my house barefoot and "ahh!", I would step on a partially chewed grape skin. Lovely. He now will be eating a meal that he loves and get to the last bite and realize that he didn't really want anymore, but refuses to just go ahead and swallow or spit it out. He holds his jaw tight and there's not much you can do. After watching a Curious George episode the other day, yes I watch Curious George, they showed Jumpy Squirrel hiding nuts for the winter. Then it occured to me. Gabe must be sensing that winter is coming, although you woudn't know it by the weather. I must be doing a pretty crappy job of making him feel safe and provided for if he feels the need to save food in case he doesn't get his next meal. Anyway, mystery sloved! ;)