What are the weird things your baby plays with?
Corinne has a few:
Mulch - who knew it could be so much fun to throw, kick and eat?
Sand - ditto.
Sit n Spin - doesn't every 10 month old stand up on a sit and spin and see how long they can "dance" before falling over?
Brothers - squealing, shrieking, running, tackling. So much for having a dainty princess.
Toothbrush - after seeing a special on a kid who had to have a toothbrush surgically removed from his throat, I watch her like a hawk, but it does entertain her for a few minutes while I'm on the computer and she's in my lap.
Power Rangers - Sigh. Again, so feminine. And so SAFE for a baby to play with too!
Wipes' boxes - what a great climbing toy! And the fun one can have after opening a box and flinging them around the room! And eating them! Yum. Plus, you can make nice clean smudges in a very dusty television set, of which Mommy really appreciates the help.
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Side note: picture me trying to fall asleep on the couch last night (as little boys and husband were taking up the bed and I was NOT eager to be kicked in the head all night). Recently, I was folding laundry at night and a LARGE, no ENORMOUS black spider with creepy legs and evil eyes raced from under one couch to under the other.
I Screamed like a little girl and even managed to call Patrick from his almost slumber to come kill the beast while I stood on the first couch with a pair of unfolded boxers in my hand (just in case it attacked). After much searching and more mini-screams (mostly from me) the beast was ground into our carpet, and the laundry folding continued. (Blecch)
So. Now picture me trying to fall asleep on said couch last night with visions of Charlotte's cousins coming out with a vendetta against me. Crawling up my nose, in my ears, biting my neck... ewwwww.... I actually covered my head with the afghan (great defense - a blanket with holes just the right size of SPIDERS) and put my finger in my exposed ear. I feel so rested.
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4 comments:
Thanks for the heads-up on the tooth brush! My little one loves to chew on hers and I worried that she would stick it down her throat, but never thought about having to have it surgically removed. AH! So many things to worry about.
Sorry you were attacked by a beast! :)
I can just imagine you on the couch w/the afghan pulled up and over your face! That's something I would do :)
Both my girls have loved to play with dirty wet dishrags when they can get ahold of them. They are so much nicer to wrap baby dolls in than the hand quilted doll blankets I make them.
Don't even talk to me about bugs! You have no idea.
Games babies play? My 1-year old sits on my lap, studies my face then stabs his little finger into my nose.
Mike
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