Here's Zach for the first time in the shopping cart.
He really likes the freedom compared to being straightjacketed into his car seat in the cart. He likes to be able to look around in all directions.
I usually let him smell things or hold onto things. Anything you put in his hand immediately goes into his mouth. All parents will tell you this, but how many of them follow their children's lead and taste everything in their worlds? Perhaps the world would be a nicer place if everything had good taste.
Yesterday, I put a cucumber in his hands. This was perfect, it fit in his hands just right, and you knew he wasn't going to choke on it. Then I saw that his little face was screwed up in a grimace and his mouth was open and there was a little bite of cucumber on his tongue. He did not like the taste at all. He used his two little lower front teeth as a vegetable peeler and sliced of a piece of the skin.
I was able to extract the piece of cucumber, but it was a close thing. When you try to help a baby with something in their mouth, they just clamp down.
