jett: the family dog

lucy was never one to put things in her mouth. we never had to worry about small things around the house with her because she just did not explore her world through taste. jett is a different matter. we call him the family dog because:


1) he chews on anything and everything. he was crawling around in sunday school a couple of weeks ago, and as he meandered past the rolling chalkboard he looked over and saw something of interest. it was the head of a screw attaching a caster to the chalkboard. so, like every sane toddler should do, he just opens his mouth, sucks on it for a second, and then keeps crawling on.


2) he carries things around in his mouth. and by things, i mean anything he can fit:

wood utensils

stuffed animals

various bottles
(though he looks like he might not be enjoying this one as much)

anything from lucy's kitchen
(this is a piece of wood bread)

3) he begs for food. it doesn't matter what we are eating he wants it. we don't even give him most of what we eat, but he still tries. john gave me a box of see's chocolates for valentine's day (i love that guy!) and if i even go near the box jett starts crawling over, climbs up my leg, and starts begging, yelling, and when that doesn't work screaming.

first he tries the looking pathetically hungry technique

then he moves on to the i'm never going to be happy again
until you let me try whatever it is you're eating stance

we do love the kid, and in the end he is just a joy. though while i was typing this i turned around to find that he has discovered the toilet paper in the bathroom. the whole roll was on the floor, and yes, part of it was in his mouth.