Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 23, 2013

A bunch of dirt? By her reaction yesterday I thought Luci was eating something far more worrisome. Dirt is hardly ‘Gak’ worthy.

Dirt is nutricious. It feeds plants.

Maybe she needed the minerals.

we all need more micro-nutrients, at least that’s what the guy on PBS is saying these days.

Our dog once brought home a bread bag of something the morning of trash pick-up. I found the dog and my then four year old daughter playing “one for you and one for me” in the back yard.

A new restaurant in Japan has a 7 course tasting meal for $110.00, featuring ….DIRT

If your kid is eating dirt or other mineral based items he needs iron usually.

dirt has worms., GAK!

Smart kid.

I imagine strained green beans are especially disgusting!

You have to eat germs to have a healthy immune system and be healthy. Every germaphobe you ever knew was not a healthy person. Howard Hunt, Michael Jackson, etc.

OOps, That is Howard Hughes

Eating dirt? It’s called “Pica”.. Serious lack of minerals in the diet.

I think that Jan’s going for the fact that many babies/toddlers will put just about anything in their mouths to “see.” I don’t think she’s going for the mineral deficiency.

Not really Lucy.

I’m just glad that my baby nephew only tries to eat my fingers and not dirt.

As my grandmother used to say: “you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die.”

Typical baby, why eat vegetables that are good for you when there is dirt to be eaten?! ;) Now, if only there was a way to insert vitamins in dirt…minus the worms, etc.