My little snacker was about to use the bathroom when she noticed a Cheerios which had somehow found its way into her underwear. Before I had time to react she popped it in her mouth.
“A Cheerios in my underwear Mom!”
“I ate it.”
And to think I used to wash her pacifiers which fell on the floor. . .
Her mouth has been found with someone’s used gum, sand, bath water, and even her own boogers (this one makes me shudder). Just today I heard her squealing with laughter to discover her wetting and sucking on an old sponge.
When it comes to eating something a little nutritious, however, like broccoli hidden under piles of cheese, her mouth is suddenly glued shut.
How can a child who immediately puts anything chocked full of germs into her mouth be such a picky little eater when it comes to real food?
Alas, I think I may start throwing celery and carrot sticks on the ground when we are out. At least then I know she will be unable to refuse the tempting bite!
Mom Life Now 
Oh this made me laugh out loud!
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I love to hear this!! At least her awful eating habits can bring a smile someone’s way! 🙂
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Yes I literally LOL’d! What a great image! There should be a meme of a mom throwing celery on the floor!!!
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Oh yes!!!
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Haha, yes, yes, yes!! I would love to see this! 🙂
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😀 This made me laugh! And brought back memories. Gosh, the things they would put in their mouths… I was lucky, though – mine were good food eaters too. 🙂
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Oh, I am so glad to bring some fun memories your way! Yes, you were lucky! I am sure it is just a stage but the girl barely eats any “food” at all. Sometimes I wonder how she survives on so little! My son on the other hand eats like a horse–probably the reason he weighs as much as his “big” sister. 🙂
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This is so funny! It’s so true that we are so careful when they are babies and then as soon as they are able, they’re putting everything in their mouths. Wolfy thinks it’s funny to kiss weird things, like walls and random dogs. I don’t understand it.
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Haha, that is hilarious!! At least he is a little lover! 🙂 Yes, I was so very sanitary in the beginning. I now try to convince myself it is building up a good immune system!
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Ugh. It’s funny but also mind-curdling. I remember these days too well…..Well written as always and such a face in that pic! OMG. Just want to pick her up and hold her tight!
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Aw, thanks, she is a keeper–dirty mouth and all! 🙂 The one real food she will never refuse is pink frosted cupcakes. She even told me she dreams about them!
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So true… for some reason, throwing it onto the floor makes food more tasty for our two-year old. Who knew?
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Yes, it is like it takes on some extra special flavor. I guess hair and dirt seem to be a great toddler seasoning!! 🙂
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: OMG, Yuuuuk!!!! Hahahhahaha! This is too funny! Kids can be so ekkk! 🙂
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Yes, especially the boogers, this one turns on my gag reflex! 😉 I suppose I was the same way once upon a time. Thank goodness we finally grow out of it. . . just hoping my daughters maturity comes sometime very soon!
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Lol, totally made my day! to know I’m not the only one with “that kind” of daughter! I can soo relate, and thanks for the hint! I might try to throw veggies on the grown so she finally gets to eat them! lol 😉 have a great day!
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Haha, I hope you do!! Perhaps if we mop the floor first it wouldn’t be so bad. It could not be any worse than what they are doing anyways, right? We will have to report back our results soon! 😉 🙂
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hahaha so funny, the ironies of life/babies 🙂
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Yes, it seems hopeless in preventing! At least we know they would do fine if needing to survive in the wild. Bugs and such would have no problem making their way down! 🙂
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haha this sounds like my world too!
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Holly, my daughter is getting close to three. Not three months, three YEARS!! I thought they grew out of it by now! Here’s to hoping for better luck your way! If not, remember the old carrots on the floor trick. 🙂 😉
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Apparently not. I had hoped by then too. Still plenty more gross eating experiences ahead of me then… 😉 my daughter ate a blob of her cereal she dropped off the tiles today.
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Oh no, gross! Sounds just like my two munchkins!! 🙂
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Love this post! This brought back some fun memories when my kids were little LoL
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I am glad to bring some good memories your way!! Although it can drive me crazy at times, I know it will definitely bring me a smile some day. 🙂
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Ha! I agree…I should just mindlessly throw vegetables on the floor. My kid will put anything off the floor in his mouth without a second thought! I saw him do it not just half an hour ago.
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Rachel, I am so happy we have similar mouthed children! I am really going to try this theory out now, it is bound to have some good results! 🙂
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Thanks for the morning giggle!
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Your welcome, I am so glad you enjoyed it!!
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Too funny! My boys did their share of grossing me out this week too. 😉
Love all that pink in the picture! Who would have thought that such a sweet little princess could eat such a thing! lol
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Haha, yes, I think she surprises many! She is the ultimate girly girl, except for the gross out things, these she is perfectly okay with! 🙂
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Oh my Gosh!!!! I laughed out loud reading this however I think all our kids do things that make us cringe….its only a matter of time
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So true, they are kids after all! The best thing is probably to simply laugh. Laugh and hide the old sponges! 😉
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It is like you are living my life
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This is a good thing. Well, good for me to see how not alone I am in this thing! 🙂
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Brilliant. That’s definitely one to tell at her 21st birthday! Perhaps try serving broccoli on plates of underwear…
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Haha, I think she would kill me! It is definitely a story to have on hand though! Thanks! 🙂
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My son is always picking up things from the floor and bringing them to me. Usually a tiny leaf, dirt, or who knows. Yesterday. Yesterday it was booger. And not a dried one either. I can see him eating out of his undies in the future!
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Oh, yuck!! Boogers are the all time worst for me, literally makes me feel like I may vomit when my daughter tells me she ate one! Yes, little man will be picking the cheerios out his undies before you know it! 🙂
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I always found this funny too. My daughter is an insanely picky eater. She pull chicken apart and throw it in her juice and drink it. I have watched her eat Frosted Flakes dipped in ranch dressing, but give her a normal meal a it is gross. Cheerios are a favorite though too.
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Haha, just this evening my daughter was dipping chicken into my iced tea and eating it all up! Frosted Flakes and ranch, I am sure she would devour this as well, but let us give them a nice Cobb salad to go with the ranch and watch their mouths suddenly unable to open! 🙂
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LOL I love it. my little one found goose poop at the park the other day, and insisted on shoving it into his mouth repeatedly anytime I turned around for a second!
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Oh no, that is awful!! I am lucky she has never attempted this. I should try not to stay too relieved though for I have a son too!
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I steeled myself against germs long ago…I figure there’s only so much I can do to keep him away from all those dirty things and his immune system will only benefit from ingesting all of said nastys…blah haha
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Yes, this is what I try to say as well! We cannot win, might as well not stress out about the inevitable!
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I laughed the whole time I read this. Motherhood is priceless!!!
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Haha, yes, it most certainly is!! 🙂
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This so reminds me of my daughter. She used to dump her snacks on the floor in the living room. That was the only way she would eat them 🙂
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What it is about dirt that makes their food so appetizing?! It’s like extra seasoning for them! 😉
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love to have my hand in her undies feeling for them or maybe feeling between her legs
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