High fiber diet- June 9, 2011
My baby is obsessed with anything that crinkles. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true. Charlotte has a true love affair with the wipes package because the plastic crinkles when she holds it. If you take it away from her she acts like you just cut her finger off.
Everyday her school gives us little reports noting how much she ate, slept, pooped, and all those other baby imperatives. They write these reports on paper. Paper crinkles. I had never given much thought to the fact that paper crinkles until this week.
We were leaving daycare and I was perusing her daily report. Charlotte reached out and grabbed it. When I tried to take it away to finish reading how many ounces of milk she had put away, she screamed. I just let her hold it on the way home. I didn’t take into account she is also teething and anxious to put anything, especially anything wonderfully crinkly into her mouth.
Take a guess what happened. Yeah, mother-of-the-year, right here.
I called the nurse line at the pediatrician’s office and said in a panic, “My 7-month-old ate paper!” After the nurse learned it was just the corner of the page, she assured me it was full of fiber and would come out the other end. For her sake I hope it doesn’t come out crinkly.
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This post made 2 things come to mind…
1… When Justin was in the hospital the ONLY thing he wanted to play with (besides his oxygen tube) was the crinkly package of wipes. The baby toy market is a total rip off. Just give these kids some wipes or crinkly paper and they are happy.
2… much like paper, sand is digestable too. it comes out just like it went in. thought you'd like to know.
you are so funny!!!
Cracking up over here… trust me it won't be the last paper product ingested.
Will was the same way. I have pictures from where he destroyed the paper that they put on the exam bed at the doctors office at his sixth month check up. He also loved to play with magazines. I'd hand him a magazine and he'd sit on the floor and be entertain for hours.