Someone, please, tell me it's normal.

My friend's girl twin, who is 17 months tomorrow, just started eating people (ie, not mushy baby) food. Her brother has been eating it for at least a few months no problem. When you'd give her something solid she might lick it or gnaw on it a bit but if she got any near her gullet she'd act like she was choking. Scary. But also kind of funny. Now her thing is that she REALLY wants to feed herself so she'll do that clamped mouth, shaking head thing until you give her the spoon.

Man, I took pictures of them while I was feeding them the other day that are hysterical! I let them get waaaaaaay messier then fastidious Mummy would let them get.

I mean fuck. Can people just NOT smell themselves????

Dude. I had to change treadmills yesterday because this one dude stank like he had been living on the streets for a month. It's the gym, I'm not expecting people to smell like roses (I sure as hell don't), but when you smell like you haven't showered in weeks BEFORE you start working out? There's a problem.

Miracleman and Aimee, insent.

I mean fuck. Can people just NOT smell themselves????

Well, once the stench gets past a certain point, no. Doesn't your nose just get fatigued after it's smelled the same thing too strongly for too long, and decide to ignore the smell from here on out? Possibly you should carry one of those little jars of coffee beans that they have in places like Lush, so the offender's nose can restart.

Thanks for all the reassurances. I feel much less worried.

My mother's response was to set me on newspapers and let me self feed.

That is awesome, and I think I need to give it a try. I don't suppose your mother took any pictures, did she? The resultant cute might kill us all, but I think we'd be willing to take the chance.

Yay Suzi!

I have skimmed and skipped and skimmed some more.

Potty training is STRESSFUL. For everyone. But I just kept telling myself it would happen eventually, and it does. For most kids, it just seems to click one day. And honestly, the bigger deal you make of it, the more they'll push back.

JZ, I once read that kids up to five (I think) only need the equivalent number of tablespoons of food in their bellies at each meal. Their tummies are LITTLE. If Matilda is eating elsewhere, don't flip. Also, the best indicator of health (imho) is a happy, curious baby. And she is those things!

God, it's hot here.

I mean fuck. Can people just NOT smell themselves????

What is it today? A very ripe dude sat himself next to me on the commuter train this morning. I was literally covering my face and trying to hold my nose so that it wasn't obvious. Gah. I should have moved, but I was tired and lazy.

The resultant cute might kill us all, but I think we'd be willing to take the chance.

I'd be willing to throw myself on that cutie grenade and save you all.

Doesn't your nose just get fatigued after it's smelled the same thing too strongly for too long, and decide to ignore the smell from here on out?

Yep. When I was a kid, whenever I got back from vacation I'd notice just how much our barn stank, but I'd quickly get used to it.

But at least I took a shower after working in the barn if I had to go anywhere public.

Well holy fucksticks, Batman.

Apparantly, the utility companies out here provide you a barrell when you start new service. The better to BEND YOU OVER AND FUCK YOU.

The water/sewer utility out here charges an 80% surcharge on your bill. Sometimes, the surcharge is more than the bill.

WTF.

My friend's girl twin, who is 17 months tomorrow, just started eating people

Haha...I started to get scared when I read that, until I got past the parenthesis and saw the word "food".