No such thing as five minutes peace..

He was sat behind his Little People Castle near a rather large houseplant. I went and peered over to find him happily eating soil out of the plant pot, spooning moist mouthfuls of mud using my favourite Sex & the City Pen. He grinned a soily grin at me when he realised he'd been caught and quickly shovelled an extra penful in just before I had chance to sweep him up away from it.

Don't worry - I'm sure no long term damage has been done. Actually I doubt he actually swallowed much at all, and there's nothing in the soil that could do any harm, he might just have nice glossy foliage for a week or so.

I don't know. I spend all this time lovingly preparing all sorts of delicacies for him when he'd be just as happy to eat his way through piles of compost.

Perhaps I could use this as a way of getting rid of that last, early morning breastfeed? I shall just leave a nice Bizzie Lizzie or Coleus within reach of his cot and leave him to look after himself.

Sigh.