Cute on a Baby....

Cute on a Baby....uh, Not So Cute on an Adult
by Clint & Wendy Asbell
© 2006 Copyright, all rights reserved

When our oldest were little, we would entertain ourselves on those late nights
with things that were expected of a tyke that adults just can not get away with.
Some of these might not make much sense to you, but they had us rolling.
Best enjoyed while in a sleep deprived state with a colicky child on your shoulder.

toothless grins

drool

spit up on shirt

food smeared from one ear to the other

food caked in hair

skin turned orange from tomato sauce

diapers

sagging diaper

tummy bulging out of t-shirt

doing the potty dance

sucking on thumbs

sucking on toes

toys stuffed in diaper

yelling from the bathroom stall, "I need help with wiping please."

one shoe missing

mismatched socks
(colors don't matter when you are 18 months)

shirt inside out
(they don't always get them on right)

blanket stuffed in shirt

permanent marker drawings on arms and legs

paper scissors cut hair with bald patches

teddy or doll tucked underarm during trip to grocery store

wearing the wrong season's clothing

wearing a sleeper to the grocery store

one piece underwear

bibs

throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of the floor of the grocery store
(not cute on anybody, but an adult doing it would definitely get some attention)

holding onto the skirt of the lady in front of them saying "Look Mommy, Look!"

talking in the third person "Bethany has to potty."

patting the 55 year old man in the checkout line's potbelly asking "Baby?"

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