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Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle has a great post up today about the best kid smells of all time. His top four are fairly predictable choices: baby shampoo, graham crackers (which he has “considered crushing” into his kids’ hair – no doubt to get high off mixing baby shampoo and graham crackers), suntan lotion and “baby head.”
When my daughter was born, a few friends came over the day we brought her home from the hospital. One friend in particular, a hilarious and oddball native New Yorker named Jenny, could not wait to sniff my brand-new baby’s tiny bald head. I didn’t quite understand the fascination, but I figured as long as she was supporting her neck whilst getting her fix, it was harmless – just another cute quirk of hers. I couldn’t grasp the level of aromatherapy Jenny experienced kissing my daughter with her nostrils, but in Hartlaub’s words, baby head is a powerful amalgam of ”talcum powder, sunshine and Christmas morning.” Makes me wish my nose worked better. Yes, I’m one of those allergy-ridden, rehabilitated former mouth-breathers. (Charmed, I’m sure.)
But the thing that intrigues me most about Hartlaub’s musings is that he confesses to liking the combined odor of “Cheerios and pee.” He says his audacious statement sparked “one of the most bitter comments section exchanges in The Poop history,” but what do readers expect on a blog called The Poop? Don’t worry, Peter, I can relate. I love the smell of baby poop. Continue reading »
The strata of subject matter covered in children’s books today is broad and yet niched. There is hardly an issue children face today that isn’t comfortingly address in a book somewhere out there. Which is great. Then again, there is some subject matter better left alone.
Elimination euphemisms are pretty easy to decipher. There’s Number 1, Number 2, and Number 3.
Number 3? What’s number 3? you might ask. But if you’ve ever cared for a brand new baby, you don’t even need to ask. Because you’ve lived it, survived it, and don’t really want to think about it ever again. Number 3 looks a little like this:
One of the more, um, humbling things about parenting is the fact that you find yourself having a lot of conversations about poop. And usually, not even your own poop.
But a whole photo gallery of poop? Like, opening up the diaper and instead of disposing of its contents as fast as possible, whipping out the point-and-shoot? And then posting your work on the Internet to share with everyone in the world (“Good morning, Grandma! Here’s little Christopher’s latest!!”)? That’s more than a little nasty.
But the good folks at Boing Boing shared this: a photo gallery, yes, gallery, of healthy baby poop. Glahhhhhhh. That’s one for Continue reading »
I know how to get people to pick up their dog’s poop: make posters of kids eating dog s—. Oh wait, that’s a horrible idea. Not so, says the UK. Continue reading »
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