my mom is a foster parent...she has a one year old whom everytime he sees the mop will try to bite it or put it in his mouth...now we try to keep the mop away from him and stuff because its absolutely unsanitary...but why is he acting like this?
2007-04-28 05:07:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
thank you all for your answers.
is not my mom asking is me...i just thought it was weird.
and my mothers foster kids are actually her brothers kids.
him and his wife are on drugs so yea.
2007-04-28 15:48:02 · update #1
Because he is 1.
That's what toddlers do. I could scare you with the gross things my little boy has done so far and he's only 11 months old.
I would dry the mop out side and hang it upside down in the pantry (that way the handle is on the floor and not the sponge). Also, you should probably help your mom childproof the house, it sounds like its time! :)
Walmart sells some pretty cheap ways to make your house safe, for more information, go to this website:
It's fascinating how much I didn't know when i went to the website!
Good luck.
2007-04-28 05:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Katie C 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hm. First, my general advice. Yes, keep writing! And keep reading! Both are important to good writers. Now, some practical advice on the story parts you posted. As a reader, I need to know whose story this is. Right now it seems to be split between two characters, Ben and Darcy. It is okay to write a novel from two points of view. But it is harder to maintain reader interest if you do. Especially when the prologue and chapter one are about different people. Which leads me to the prologue. Most of the time, it's better to start without one. But I bet you're still in the process of writing, and sometimes it is easier to write the whole novel before you begin organizing. And many writers find they can just lop off the first few pages and go from there. Anyway, I would take out the first paragraph of chapter one. At least the part about Darcy. Because we meet Darcy in the next paragraph, I would weave the relevant info about him from paragraph one into the action. 'The thing about Benjamin Carmichael was that he loved collecting shells' This could be a good first line, especially if the incident with the shells has major bearing on Ben and Darcy's relationship or the overall plot. Anyway, keep writing, and have fun! Don't worry so much about the first draft being good and just get it all out. Then you can examine it and arrange and edit and rewrite until you have something as shiny as the inside of one of Ben's shells.
2016-05-20 23:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by tana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mom used to work in a center for abused and neglected children and they had a 2 year old who did this. give the child a drink hes thirsty and in the home he was taken from this was how he got liquids most likely and keep the mop in a locked closet
2007-04-28 06:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mother is a foster parent and doesn't know that toddlers will put ANYTHING in their mouths? How long has shee been fostering?
2007-04-28 05:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is cutting teeth and needs something to chew on?
2007-04-28 05:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by CountryLady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probaly just a phase but maybe you need to get him tested for a delay
2007-04-28 05:32:30 · answer #6 · answered by weeping_spirit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋