Poll: Who is the softest touch?

"Yowie" wrote in message
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tanadashoes wrote:
Christine's question to Tak about giving snacks has me wondering.
Who is the softest touch in your house when the carpet sharks are
cruising? I am in our house and they all (even the d-kitty) gather
around when I'm eating anything. BTW, they all adore chow mein
noodles, but even a banana deserves a good sniff.

The Yowlet, without a doubt. In fact, he *gives* them food whether
they ask for it or not - and there's always the vegemite toast
crusts he's left down the back of the sofa. Fluffy knows to go
hunting for them (saves me doing it!)

Reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter and one year old
granddaughter. If the weather is decent we leave the cats and dog out
back when their family is here. I take granddaughter out for visits
in the swing. Mostly because that's the best way to keep the cats off
the counter while we cook and eat, and to keep from providing a buffet
luncheon to the dog.

Anyway, I'm holding Emily on my lap while her mom Tara feeds her.
Emily is fairly new to solid foods like small chunks of sweet potato.
Food sometimes lands on floor. I told Tara, leave it, Kayla will
clean up when she comes in. We have now established that daughter is
a better housekeeper than I ever was.

Next step was when SIL gets a little carried away with the solid food
and gives Emily a green bean. She, naturally spits up. On me. And
silly daughter starts to apologize. I keep telling her, that is what
babies do!

So far they manage to keep Emily neat and clean at virtually all times
(when they are present). Soon they are going to have to learn what I
already know and what day care already knows. You can finger paint
with food. And its fun to feed the dog when no one is paying
attention.

Jo

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"Yowie" wrote in message
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tanadashoes wrote:
Christine's question to Tak about giving snacks has me wondering. Who is
the softest touch in your house when the carpet sharks are
cruising? I am in our house and they all (even the d-kitty) gather
around when I'm eating anything. BTW, they all adore chow mein
noodles, but even a banana deserves a good sniff.

The Yowlet, without a doubt. In fact, he *gives* them food whether they
ask for it or not - and there's always the vegemite toast crusts he's
left down the back of the sofa. Fluffy knows to go hunting for them
(saves me doing it!)

Reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter and one year old
granddaughter. If the weather is decent we leave the cats and dog out
back when their family is here. I take granddaughter out for visits in
the swing. Mostly because that's the best way to keep the cats off the
counter while we cook and eat, and to keep from providing a buffet
luncheon to the dog.

Anyway, I'm holding Emily on my lap while her mom Tara feeds her. Emily is
fairly new to solid foods like small chunks of sweet potato. Food
sometimes lands on floor. I told Tara, leave it, Kayla will clean up when
she comes in. We have now established that daughter is a better
housekeeper than I ever was.

Next step was when SIL gets a little carried away with the solid food and
gives Emily a green bean. She, naturally spits up. On me. And silly
daughter starts to apologize. I keep telling her, that is what babies do!

So far they manage to keep Emily neat and clean at virtually all times
(when they are present). Soon they are going to have to learn what I
already know and what day care already knows. You can finger paint with
food. And its fun to feed the dog when no one is paying attention.

Jo

They are actually proving as scientific fact what most mothers have known
all along - it's not a good idea to keep a child *too* clean. When you do
they don't build up the necessary immunities they need to combat illnesses
and they often end up having bad allergies. A little dirt in the digestive
system is a good thing! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

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tanadashoes wrote:
Christine's question to Tak about giving snacks has me wondering.
Who is the softest touch in your house when the carpet sharks are
cruising? I am in our house and they all (even the d-kitty)
gather
around when I'm eating anything. BTW, they all adore chow mein
noodles, but even a banana deserves a good sniff.

The Yowlet, without a doubt. In fact, he *gives* them food whether
they ask for it or not - and there's always the vegemite toast
crusts he's left down the back of the sofa. Fluffy knows to go
hunting for them (saves me doing it!)

Reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter and one year old
granddaughter. If the weather is decent we leave the cats and dog
out back when their family is here. I take granddaughter out for
visits in the swing. Mostly because that's the best way to keep
the cats off the counter while we cook and eat, and to keep from
providing a buffet luncheon to the dog.

Anyway, I'm holding Emily on my lap while her mom Tara feeds her.
Emily is fairly new to solid foods like small chunks of sweet
potato. Food sometimes lands on floor. I told Tara, leave it,
Kayla will clean up when she comes in. We have now established
that daughter is a better housekeeper than I ever was.

Next step was when SIL gets a little carried away with the solid
food and gives Emily a green bean. She, naturally spits up. On
me. And silly daughter starts to apologize. I keep telling her,
that is what babies do!

So far they manage to keep Emily neat and clean at virtually all
times (when they are present). Soon they are going to have to
learn what I already know and what day care already knows. You can
finger paint with food. And its fun to feed the dog when no one is
paying attention.

Jo

They are actually proving as scientific fact what most mothers have
known all along - it's not a good idea to keep a child *too* clean.
When you do they don't build up the necessary immunities they need
to combat illnesses and they often end up having bad allergies. A
little dirt in the digestive system is a good thing! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


She's a first child with somewhat older parents. I figure we are
doing good that we no longer are required to use antiseptic gel each
time before we touch her. We're down the amount of handwashing that
is just normal good hygiene.

I play catch with the dog while I'm holding the baby in my lap. That
involves touching the baby with hands that have likely touched dog
spit and fur, cat spit and fur, and whatever else the ball has
encountered in being thrown into the yard. Daughter doesn't object
but doesn't like to watch. Emily also loves to touch the dog and the
'nice kitties'.

Jo

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tanadashoes wrote:
Christine's question to Tak about giving snacks has me wondering.
Who is the softest touch in your house when the carpet sharks are
cruising? I am in our house and they all (even the d-kitty)
gather
around when I'm eating anything. BTW, they all adore chow mein
noodles, but even a banana deserves a good sniff.

The Yowlet, without a doubt. In fact, he *gives* them food whether
they ask for it or not - and there's always the vegemite toast
crusts he's left down the back of the sofa. Fluffy knows to go
hunting for them (saves me doing it!)

Reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter and one year old
granddaughter. If the weather is decent we leave the cats and dog
out back when their family is here. I take granddaughter out for
visits in the swing. Mostly because that's the best way to keep
the cats off the counter while we cook and eat, and to keep from
providing a buffet luncheon to the dog.

Anyway, I'm holding Emily on my lap while her mom Tara feeds her.
Emily is fairly new to solid foods like small chunks of sweet
potato. Food sometimes lands on floor. I told Tara, leave it,
Kayla will clean up when she comes in. We have now established
that daughter is a better housekeeper than I ever was.

Next step was when SIL gets a little carried away with the solid
food and gives Emily a green bean. She, naturally spits up. On
me. And silly daughter starts to apologize. I keep telling her,
that is what babies do!

So far they manage to keep Emily neat and clean at virtually all
times (when they are present). Soon they are going to have to
learn what I already know and what day care already knows. You can
finger paint with food. And its fun to feed the dog when no one is
paying attention.

Jo

They are actually proving as scientific fact what most mothers have
known all along - it's not a good idea to keep a child *too* clean.
When you do they don't build up the necessary immunities they need
to combat illnesses and they often end up having bad allergies. A
little dirt in the digestive system is a good thing! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


She's a first child with somewhat older parents. I figure we are
doing good that we no longer are required to use antiseptic gel each
time before we touch her. We're down the amount of handwashing that
is just normal good hygiene.

I play catch with the dog while I'm holding the baby in my lap. That
involves touching the baby with hands that have likely touched dog
spit and fur, cat spit and fur, and whatever else the ball has
encountered in being thrown into the yard. Daughter doesn't object
but doesn't like to watch. Emily also loves to touch the dog and the
'nice kitties'.

The day I saw The Yowlet pick up some grungy object covered in carpet & cat
fluff and happily put it in his mouth is the day I stopped sterilising all
his bottles and dummies (pacifiers).

Now we wash our hands after the toilet and before meals (although he can
reach the fridge and often just helps himself even though he's not supposed
to) but I have long ago stopped being scared of 'germs' in 'dirt'. Cary is a
boy - if he's not utterly grotty by the end of the day i wonder whats wrong
with him.

Yowie

--
"because its more fun to be evil" - Jarppi, _The Dudesons_

Yowie wrote:

The day I saw The Yowlet pick up some grungy object covered in carpet & cat
fluff and happily put it in his mouth is the day I stopped sterilising all
his bottles and dummies (pacifiers).

Now we wash our hands after the toilet and before meals (although he can
reach the fridge and often just helps himself even though he's not supposed
to) but I have long ago stopped being scared of 'germs' in 'dirt'. Cary is a
boy - if he's not utterly grotty by the end of the day i wonder whats wrong
with him.

Well, I think that's pretty sensible. I'm sure you've seen all the
articles about how kids grow up developing all kinds of allergies because
they're not exposed to enough germs, due to all the sterilization. It's
actually not good to grow up in an ultra-sterile environment.

--
Joyce ^..^

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