I have finally discovered the advantages to letting Roxanne eat wearing nothing but her diaper during meals. She can get pretty messy, and it's almost impossible to keep up with her in terms of clean clothes. Especially since we have to go down to the creepy basement of our apartment complex to do the wash. Usually I put it off until Roxanne is wearing onesies that just barely snap under the crotch and pop open when you pick her up. Consequently, I have become a big fan of separates. I try to get her shirts and pants, so that she gets more wear out of everything. But I digress. Today was avocado day, and it's always a BIG mess. By the end of lunch, Roxanne looked like Kermit or maybe one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She was green from her forehead to her belly button. And as I cleaned her up in the sink, I realized that even the back of her neck was green. I know that I could just leave her shirt on and give her a bib, but she hates bibs, and makes a big show of arching her back and pulling them down when I put them on. And while I hate giving into tantrums, it's really just as easy to let her eat in the buff. She seems to enjoy the sound it makes when she pats her tummy with her palm, which is a vast improvement over her usual routine of banging both hands onto the tray of her high chair and sending all of the little bits and pieces of food to the far corners of the dining area.
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