Eating everything off the floor

My DD definitely does this. I have to watch her constantly, put up the dog and cat bowls otherwise she'd eat their food. The dog toys go straight in her mouth, along with anything she can fish out of their water! Yum... I wind up sweeping and vacuuming daily, and keep a good eye on her. Luckily, the puppy eats things that are on the floor faster than the baby

Oh yes, DD 7mo does it too. She "talks" to the stuff she's about to eat sometimes, so I have warning. She does love tiny strings, paper, cat fur. I try to vacuum up all the cat fur, but then she attacks the cats and gets handfuls that way. Sometimes I just let her eat the paper.... I find strings in her poop. I started offering her fingerfood solids as a way to distract her from eating the yucky stuff. Does it help? I don't let her in the kitchen... too much kitty litter on the floor. She rides on my back if I'm working in there, or goes in the baby cage.

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Well, from my experience, she still eats what is on the floor, but they are a GREAT way to get fifteen minutes to eat breakfast. I put her in the high chair and give her a handful of cheerios and some fruit cut up VERY tiny (I'm so paranoid), and she is totally occupied.

Oh this made me chuckle and reminded me of the time I'd foolishly left a bowl of cat kibble in the living room for the cats when my little babysitting girl came around (when she was about 9 months, the sweetie!). I look over and there she is with this horrified and "eww omg what did I just eat?" look on her face, sitting by the cat dish! The frown of concern on her was something else I tell ya... And then it's the "oh no...I put it in my mouth; it's gross but for some reason I can't spit it out..." face comes along...

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I do the same thing. She loves it! Although you are right Kelly, it doesn't deter her from picking up anything she finds on the floor.