Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Things they don't tell you in parenting class

Not that we went to a parenting class - we're winging it over here - but if we did, I'm sure this subject would not be covered.

Yesterday Madeleine was crawling around on my newly vaccuumed carpet, playing with toys, getting into things, you know, the usual. Then I saw her start crawling unusually fast toward something. She grabbed it and stuck it in her mouth before I could get there. I tried to fish it out, but she had her jaws clamped shut as tight as they would go, and a little smile on her face like she had a treasure in there. I finally got it out, and it was a DEAD LADYBUG. Yes, you read that right. I fished a dead ladybug out of my daughter's mouth. EWWWW!!!

7 comments:

Lori said...

Just a little extra protein. :) Gross, but probably wouldn't have hurt her.

LifeHopes said...

Oh goodness! You made me laugh (ouch!)

Beth said...

Lori that's what my mom said - extra protein :)

I'm glad I could make you laugh, D :)

Cathy said...

That's nothing, Beth.

One of my sisters saw a dead locust on her floor one day. Her eldest daughter (now 20) was tiny - barely crawling.
Sister went to get a napkin to pick the thing up.
When she got back, baby had crawled all the way to the bug. All that was left was a leg, hanging from her lip.

I'm sure we've all eaten lots of bugs in our day.

At least M. chose a dainty ladybug.

:)

Brenda said...

at least it was a cute bug and not a dead fly like we had here over the summer!

Veronica said...

But mommy, it was polka-dotted and cute! Hehehe.
You know what would be worse. That bug that starts with an "r," I'm not even gonna type it!

Kathryn said...

Awww come on Mom, can't she eat the pretty wittle bug!