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D: Oh good lord.
M: What?
D: She just grabbed both ends of the alarm clock and pulled it toward her face to gnaw on.
M: Tasty!
D: Terrifying.
M: Yes, maybe the desire to chew on everything and the love for electronics don't mesh so well.
D: Yeah -- maybe this is the period of time where buying electrical cords with blue LEDs in them is a bad idea.

[pause while M reflects on the cable she bought with blue LEDs in it the other day]

M: But it was shiny!
D: EXACTLY.

Date: 2006-04-02 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ukelele.livejournal.com
[livejournal.com profile] nonnihil's father wrote a textbook on animal behavior when he was quite young. It contains a series of pictures purporting to show that baby animals are naturally attracted to their mothers. In this series of pictures, [livejournal.com profile] nonnihil appears to be crawling, big grin, toward his mom.

They have left out the last picture. He went straight past his mom and started playing with the electrical socket.

Date: 2006-04-03 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
That is so beautiful.

Date: 2006-04-02 01:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pekmez.livejournal.com
ah, [livejournal.com profile] gljiva has already entered the stage where computer cables are intersting to grab and taste, even the plain black ones. this is a bit more concerning now that she is growing a tooth, but on the other hand, they're all low power right? better than power cords, which she hasn't found yet.

Date: 2006-04-02 05:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starphire.livejournal.com
Eek. Um, they may be low power, but the plastic is almost certainly PVC, which used to be a popular plastic for baby toys, but is now banned for such things due to the plasticizers (phthalates) in it.
Also, more worrisome is the fact that lead is often found in PVC in sufficient quantities that the state of California requires warning labels advising people to wash their hands after handling them, keep away from children, etc. And lead is said to taste sweet. Since it's used as a whitener, the black ones are probably less dangerous than the light-colored ones.
Definitely not a good chew toy for babies.

Date: 2006-04-02 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pekmez.livejournal.com
Them being low power was kind of a pathetic "oh well, look what *else* the baby is getting into" kind of joke - I certainly don't hand her
the cables on purpose so she can play with them, but when I am using the computer while holding her she is getting better and better at grabbing for the cables and getting them in her mouth. Along with the front corner of the laptop, any piece of paper she can grab, my face, my big glass water mug, my hands, my watch, etc. She does have plentiful amounts of her own toys, but those are obviously no fun. I just need 4 hands to hold her, type, and remove her hands from everything she grabs that she
isn't supposed to, but that's how moms evolve. ;-)

I did just recently learn about the issue of lead content of vinyl/PVC,
though cables were not one of the things I'd thought about being made of
PVC.

Date: 2006-04-02 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spike.livejournal.com
First, I can completely understand the desire to eat the alarm clock.

ImageAnd I've also had a couple of those "you know, maybe it's a bad idea to mix $THIS and $THAT in Yikes' world..." moments. For example: she loved me putting "pirate stickers" on everything when we were playing pirates. (N.B.: at some point in parenting, one must own a black eyepatch for just such occasions.) We were singing "pirate songs" and drinking "pirate rum" (one part cranberry juice, four parts water) from our "pirate bottles" (bicycle water bottles), and I was about to put "pirate stickers" on our "pirate bottles", too.

But then my heretofore-dormant "that's not such a good idea" neuron flickered to life in my head and pointed out that I was about to be encouraging Yikes to playfully swill from a bottle of liquid labeled with a skull-and-crossbones. Maybe, it said, that's not a habit you want to be encouraging at this stage. Oh my goodness no and excellent point thank you, I replied, and Yikes and I made due with drinking pirate rum from bottles simply labeled "Bike Nashbar".

Date: 2006-04-02 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spinrabbit.livejournal.com
As long as you don't get into playing "Mr. Yuk".

Date: 2006-04-02 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
heretofore-dormant

Heh. So you mean I might still have one? Despite being me?

Date: 2006-04-02 10:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spike.livejournal.com
Yes! There is hope! It was really quite an amazing feeling, having a flash of good judgement before doing the thing, instead of afterwards like usual. Insightful, timely, and useful -- all at once!

I'll let you know if it happens again.

Date: 2006-04-02 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gentlescholar.livejournal.com
Very funny. :)

Date: 2006-04-02 03:52 pm (UTC)

Date: 2006-04-02 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaggalagirl.livejournal.com
i love you guys. ^____^

Date: 2006-04-02 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aroraborealis.livejournal.com
*laugh*

What I love about this conversation is that I can completely hear your tones of voice from beginning to end.

Date: 2006-04-03 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
That means I win!

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