Backwash (n.) - to take a mouthful of a drink from a container (cup/glass/bottle) and inadvertently spit back into the container, in which saliva and bits of food go back in with the liquid. Ga-row-ss. Does the mere thought of backwash make me gag? You bet your bum it does! I don't think it is even the pregnancy hormones that make me gag at it. Backwash is simply one of the grossest things ever. Why are we even talking about it, you ask? - well, because of Heath. You see, he allows Lucy to drink after him. Two year-old Lucy. Lucy who still struggles drinking out of a cup. Lucy who still manages to get food back down the straw. Lucy who....well, you get the point. I should have know that his gag reflexes were off a bit when he cleaned up the half-chewed chicken nuggets off of the stairs. (dry heave) He fears no bodily function/fluid when it comes to that little girl! I only wish I was so...brave? gross? strong-stomached? Okay, I lied. I don't wish I could handle that. I simply don't like cleaning up poop, pee, puke...and definitely NOT drinking Lucy's half-chewed up food remnants. Are you still with me? I wouldn't blame you if you already gagged and exited. I feel like I'm a bad mother sometimes though, that I don't let Lucy drink from my cup or straw. Lucy and Heath will be sucking down a lemonade and I sit in the corner alone with my water. One time I let Lucy drink from my water bottle. She hadn't eaten anything too recently; so, I went for it! I drank almost the whole thing, when I noticed this:  Oh, you don't see it? Here...  Yep. It's a "floaty." I can only describe it as what looked like a cracker flake or possibly a small piece of bread. (dry heave) I decided at that point that I am just going to be a bad mom. I just can't do it. Your thoughts on the matter? (So much for What I'm Loving Wednesday. Oh well, I loved a lot of things. Here's to the rest of the week!) |
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