The Blog Ness Monster: Coming up for air from the murky depths of parenthood...
21 September, 2006
Random thought
I spend a lot of time alone with her and entrust her with my deepest thoughts. So on some levels it's disturbing to realize that the highlight of her day is lapping up phlegm from the sidewalk as we pass the bus stop...
4 comments:
Anonymous
said...
When a certain infant was learning to crawl in West Palm Beach, FL, she used to spend a lot of time on her belly licking the spots on the terrazzo floors. Her parents would cringe but figured the behaviour was a natural phase of her environmental exploration.
On a certain day memorable for its "eeeuuuwwww" factor, her young father said, "Look, she's chewing on something." Her know-it-all-expert mother replied, "No, she's just cutting teeth."
Her know-it-all-expert mother then picked up said infant to show the clueless young father the offending gums. Inside the sweet little mouth were two desiccated house flies...
LOL! So, you were that "certain infant?" It's probably good that most of the time, parents aren't fully aware of everything that goes into the mouths of their offspring...
You're definitely right about not wanting to know what goes into their mouths, though-- I caught B not too long ago with a used cigarette butt between his lips.
No idea where it came from. the street? public ashtray?
4 comments:
When a certain infant was learning to crawl in West Palm Beach, FL, she used to spend a lot of time on her belly licking the spots on the terrazzo floors. Her parents would cringe but figured the behaviour was a natural phase of her environmental exploration.
On a certain day memorable for its "eeeuuuwwww" factor, her young father said, "Look, she's chewing on something." Her know-it-all-expert mother replied, "No, she's just cutting teeth."
Her know-it-all-expert mother then picked up said infant to show the clueless young father the offending gums. Inside the sweet little mouth were two desiccated house flies...
Thanks for the memories.
MGB
Better flies than phlegm... and at least I didn't lick my butt afterwards.
Or were you talking about a family pet too?
LOL! So, you were that "certain infant?" It's probably good that most of the time, parents aren't fully aware of everything that goes into the mouths of their offspring...
I plead the fifth on your first question.
You're definitely right about not wanting to know what goes into their mouths, though-- I caught B not too long ago with a used cigarette butt between his lips.
No idea where it came from. the street? public ashtray?
*shudder*
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