There was nothing about this in the manual

[taste_is_sweet]

One of my favourite memories from when my sister's kids were even smaller than they are now (I think the girl was two and a half or so, the boy not even a year), was being on the phone with my sister and hearing her suddenly say to her daughter, "stop putting stickers on your brother!"

Oh, how I laughed. I mean, we agreed later that neither of us would have ever thought we'd be saying that to anyone in a million billion years. Obviously children will always, always surprise you.

Well, I didn't think much would beat the 'don't sticker your brother' admonishment until this morning, when I had to tell Jav to stop licking the sole of his shoe.

O.o

Nope, never saw that one coming. And I have to admit I was so horrified at the idea that my 'NO! NOOOOO!' scared him. But seriously--licking your shoe? Who does that?

Three year-olds, apparently. Wow. I can almost see the attraction. Almost. Well, not really.

I explained exactly why I freaked the hell out (amidst much cuddling), and hopefully he won't do it again. ::shudders::

Some days I dread how he'll astound me next....

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[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

Emrys chews on his shoes if he gets half the chance, but he's only one and he's teething, so I guess that's more understandable. I hope he doesn't do it when he's actually walking - people let their dogs relieve themselves everywhere here, and no one cleans up, so I dread to think what he might pick up on his shoes. Argh.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. The world becomes an absolute cesspool when you have to think about your kids touching things and then putting their fingers in their mouths. Or licking shoes.

I was thinking of you when I wrote this, as a matter of fact. :) Javier used to chew his shoes as well, for the same reason, but this was purely experimental. On the other hand, Javier really doesn't like poo of any kind and will actively avoid it, so hopefully he wouldn't lick a shoe that smelled like it.

I hope Emrys isn't the same kind of curious, or that he doesn't want to be near poo either, when he's old enough to be walking around.