Nasty Babies!

Let's face it: babies are nasty. Put down your rocks and admit it: babies are nasty. Oh yeah, they can be cute and cuddly, and when they smile at you your heart melts, but they are the nastiest human beings on the planet.

Babies do some pretty nasty things even though, ironically, they have no concept of "nasty". They'll gladly put a cookie crumb in their mouths no matter how long it's been on the floor or what's been crawling on it. They'll take a pacifier out of a kid's mouth and put into their own mouths regardless of how much snot it has on it from the other kid. They'll eat food right out of your mouth and couldn't care less that you have the flu. And there's more.

When I change diapers I'm still amazed at how much my babies like to touch their genitals even if they're covered in pee or poop. You'd think that once they felt something wet and/or slimely on their hands they'd get the message that they're not supposed to be doing that but no, at the next changing time, down their hands go! Nasty babies! But as bad as that is, there's one thing that I think is worse; one thing that repels me more than any other: vomit playing.

I cannot stand to see a baby play in their, or someone else's, vomit. And they do it everytime! Just a couple of days ago Adam threw up in the walker and was happily swirling his puke around on the walker's tray. Gag me!!!!!! Why do they do it? Everytime I catch them doing this disgusting thing I tell them loudly, "NO!". And you know what? They just look at me like, What's all the fuss about? I know babies are in the earliest stages of socialization. I know their brains are just beginning to wire all the signals we send them about what's acceptable and what's not. I just wish those "That's nasty!" neurons would wire first, then I could spend the day loving my babies without ever having to say, "Ewwww! Gross!".