As I write this I have to warn anyone who is considering having their first child. You will be covered in spit. Yes, spit. Every inch of me is covered in saliva from my child. I am not sure where it comes from, but it is gross. She has some stuffed animals that get washed so often that I am sure they will be faded and worn out before her first birthday. She has this bunny that gets its ears sucked on and then she sucks the spit back. Gross!
My lesson this week has been not to turn my back on Daphne, not even for two minutes. Yesterday she managed to tear a page out of a magazine and suck the pigment out of it and possibly even swallowed some. I thought that I was watching her, but she managed to turn herself around and do it secretly. She doesn't seem to be affected by it, but boy is that disgusting.
I am also very scared now that she has started crawling forward. Thankfully she is still very slow and isn't able to get very far very fast, but I am still scared to leave her on the floor without my eye on her at all times. How do people manage? I have a pack and play that I can put her in, but eventually she starts squishing her face up against the screen. It is so disturbing to look at that I have to take her out and put her on the floor.
Well, that is all the time I can manage. I have to go now because my little crawling spit factory is summoning me.