Monday, March 30, 2009

Rookie Dad: Baby needs a new pair of socks


The youngling has an ongoing obsession with her socks. Maybe it's more of a battle against them. Whatever the case, she seems to be either obsessed with her footwear or deeply despises whichever socks I wrestle on to her feet each morning.

No matter the true answer, the socks never stay on. Having recently discovered her feet, she incessantly tugs at her socks. Sometimes she wakes up with the socks nowhere in sight. She is either good at hiding them somewhere nearby or has eaten them while she sleeps. And before you think to yourself, "Hey, bub, there's no way a 19 week-old baby can eat socks" you need to realize how crafty the Youngling is. I actually saw her after she had silenty woken from a nap with her sock, liberated from her foot, in her mouth. Is this a problem I need to keep my eyes open for? I haven't seen any choking hazard-type warnings stapled to packages of tiny socks but if this baby is capable of anything, it's creating a need for one more product warning.

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