Toddler Food

Last night I discovered that Elle likes to drink pickle juice. Ew. Oh yeah, she also ate an ENTIRE tube of strawberry "flavored" Hello Kitty chapstick. I mean the whole damn thing. And, as I was trying to explain why this was a bad idea, she was looking up at me with her big blue eyes all the while licking and slurping the remaining chapstick off of her fingers.

Then I started to worry. I mean, of course kids probably eat this stuff all the time...but I am a worrier, so I did what any mom would do. I turned to Google. Google failed me big time with little information other than maybe I should call Poison Control just to double check.

The very calm lady on the phone at Poison Control, who did a decent job of keeping judgement out of her voice, explained that she should be fine. However, it might have a latent laxative effect. In a "bad mommy" moment I said a silent prayer that that would happen at preschool and not at home.