Repost: Confessions of a Mother
This was originally posted on June 2, 2006. It’s kind of funny to me now that I have over 3 more years of parenting under my belt. I’m sure I could write a much longer list these days. Fun times, fun times.
Hannah the toddler, with marker on her face
As the mother of a toddler, I do many things I never would have conceived of before Hannah came along. Consider this warning that these are not for the faint of heart:
- I eat half-chewed food that Hannah spits out.
- I feed my kid food off the floor (but not off the ground outside, ‘cuz that would be gross
). - I wipe Hannah’s nose with my shirt.
- I use my own saliva as toddler hair gel.
- I use TV as a baby-sitter when I really need to get something done.
- I feed my kid partially-chewed food out of my own mouth.
- I frequently pretend that I don’t know what she’s asking for, because I don’t want her to have the item in question.
- I allow the baby to torment the cat, because she loves it so much.
- I let Hannah gnaw on sticks and keys and other dangerous objects, because it keeps her quiet.
There you have it. If you’re shocked and horrified, I bet you haven’t spent a whole day alone with a 15-month-old. 
Interesting list…. I think the second kid got more of that sort of thing than the first one though…
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Very funny. I often resort to #7 …
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This made me laugh. My daughter is 16 months and I let her do everything you’ve listed (although we don’t have a cat so #8 doesn’t happen over here) 
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Yep. When I don’t have a knife nearby to cut grapes in half, I bite off half and feed the other piece to the baby. (Gross! says my younger self.)
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Sometimes I let them eat playdough now. I make it myself and it *is* full of salt and tastes gross, but I have given up trying to dislodge the slime out of their mouths. One day I realized it is edible and won’t kill them so I need to stop freaking about it. Makes me a much saner daycare lady.
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And here I am, so glad to know that I am NOT the only one.
You know, sometimes there isn’t a hankie in sight and I’d much rather want the boogers on my shirt than his face.
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Yeah. That sounds like my childhood except for the cat teasing.
We had dogs. And I wasn’t allowed near them due to allergies.