My daughter Juliana will put ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in her mouth. Today I had both kids out "helping" me weed the garden, and I spent more time pulling rocks out of Juliana's mouth than pulling weeds out of the garden. Then later in the day while wading in our baby pool, I caught her reaching over the edge of the pool trying to put gravel from the driveway into her mouth.
So I caught myself thinking, "why in the world does my baby want to put EVERYTHING in her mouth?!" I figure if I asked her, "Juliana, WHY are you trying to put that rock in your mouth?!" she would say...
1. You don't feed me enough.
2. Tastes about the same as that organic vegetable crap you feed me.
3. I have pebbles breaking through my gums right now, so I think I deserve to chew on a few rocks.
4. I've been on this earth for almost 9 months already and I still don't know what a rock tastes like.
5. I don't get enough attention.
6. I'm on a low carb diet.
7. Because I want to.
And I'm sure I'll be getting plenty of #7 when she finally learns to talk. Oh parenthood, gotta love it!
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