Mouth Off

Miss. Ella has begun to stuff anything and everything in her mouth. She is like a lab pup, all of her toys are covered in slobber. I feel like I might be in for a little payback from karma. As a child, if I could some how get it into my mouth or lick it, I did. This went on way after it should have because I have a picture in my mind, of my frantic parents pulling my tongue off a metal post, saying something along the lines of "you are old enough to know better". Pre-parenthood, I smugly contributed my fantastic immune system to this old habit. I also have a memory of how most things taste, wood, metal, dirt, cat food, cat food in milk. If I could somehow pull out my taste memory at parties, I am sure it would impress. However, now, as I begin to monitor everything that gets near Ella, I regret my pre-parenthood smugness. Things right now are pretty easy. All I have to really watch out for is keeping Fitz in an un-lickable distance, but I know as soon as she starts moving it is going to be a new ball game. My only consolation is, if she does stuff everything in her mouth, maybe I will not have to spend large amounts of my time bribing her to eat her vegetables.