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Cat Litter and Other Culinary Delights
By Deborah Boehle
What happened after that is somewhat of a blur. I remember him clawing at my breast and trying to lift my shirt to nurse, and I remember thinking that I'd rather be on a sleazy television talk show than have his mouth touch me at that moment. He had never enjoyed having his teeth brushed, and even getting him to rinse his mouth that day was a challenge, but somehow I survived, and more importantly, so did he.
I'm certainly not advocating that parents let their children eat whatever bizarre substance they can shovel into their mouths, but I don't think it's something we should be losing sleep over either. My youngest once nursed for half an hour with a mouth full of pea gravel. My husband brought her in from the backyard, where she had obviously been filling her mouth without anyone noticing. When she was done nursing, she sat up, burped, opened her mouth and the little rocks began to fall out of her mouth. It seemed a miracle at the time that she hadn't choked, but now I realize that just about every toddler lives through such miraculous events, which makes them pretty routine.
