what have you got in your mouth?!

a few weeks ago a friend of ours, who takes care of children for a living, commented on how molly doesn't try and put everything in her mouth, like some kids do. i was taken aback a bit by this statement, because in my experience molly puts EVERYTHING in her mouth. but upon further reflection, i guess molly is a bit different in that she never, ever wanted a pacifier, nor does she really suck on her fingers or thumb...which some may consider lucky, but i tell ya, a little "self-soothing" wouldn't be such a bad thing now and again.

but the reason i bring this up is because i was looking through some pictures taken fairly recently of the moo and i saw a theme...and the theme was things found in molly's mouth. of course, there were all sorts of pictures i didn't get because i was too busy trying to get them quickly out of her mouth...such as shoes (we are constantly having to hide our shoes because as soon as she sees them, in the mouth they go!), diaper cream tubes (yum, zinc oxide-y goodness), dog hair (eeew!), rocks (really molly? rocks?) and electrical cords (aaaayyy!). but here are some of the less troublesome items, and in most cases, these are even meant to go in the mouth!

for instance, the toothbrush! now that is meant for the mouth, and molly is very good about brushing her teeth every night. she looks forward to it actually, and starts gesturing towards the toothbrush holder in the bathroom. and once we are done brushing, she's very good about rinsing her toothbrush under the faucet. the only problem? at times, she doesn't want to give the toothbrush back...




then there is the teether - another pro-mouth item! i got this particular teether because it's of the safe-plastic variety, which is a pretty big issue in this day and age (for some more information on that read here and here). so this teether is a-okay in the plastics department AND it's very convenient for holding in your mouth as you crawl around! yay!






lastly we have the nasal bulb syringe...okay, so not technically meant for mouths, but we've never used it on her nose and she seems to really enjoy it. it's amazing what parenting does to a person, at one time this may have grossed me out, but no more.

so there you have it, things that go in molly's mouth. i only wish i had a picture of her chewing on her own toes, cuz that's a sight to see!