New word in progress

It’s so rare that I can capture a new word right when he has started to say it. This is the fourth food word that he has learnt which in part shows how much he loves apples. Obviously it also in part shows that it is an easy word to learn, he loves zucchinni also but shows no sign of being able to say the word!
I had stopped giving him apples after a couple of mums mentioned their doctors lamenting the number of children under three who choke on apples. I have a fifth cousin who I never met because he choked when he was 18 months old. The thought of going through that just makes my stomach fall away and my heart stop, so when hearing about a couple of different doctors warning of the choking hazards of apples, I listened.
Fast forward to last night when Master Z refuses to eat any dinner until we give him some of the apple he can see, ditto this morning and I feel mean denying him something yummy and healthy and exactly the sort of thing I want him to want. I won’t give him whole apples yet but I think that thinly sliced apple eaten under supervision should be okay. And he loves it so much!