Oh No He Didn't!

So, SOMEONE wasn't watching him closely enough. I say SOMEONE because the subject is widely up for debate and as of yet, nobody has been willing to accept responsibility for the incident. HOWEVER, clearly, someone wasn't watching him. And really, its far too late to figure out the culprit because after its been in the mouth, down the throat, and fully digested only to reappear in the diaper, who knows who is to blame when the baby eats a lego?

Oh yes, you read that right. Don't be too alarmed. It wasn't one of the larger rectangular pieces or even anything square. It was a teeny, tiny, little circular piece. And truthfully, nobody may have noticed had it not come out, as it went down, lime green. Gross, I know. (I apologize for the details here but if you've read my sister-in-law's blog regarding O's boogers, you would understand that once you become a parent your gross-out reflex suddenly vanishes...and if you think that's gross, imagine how GG feels since she's the one who actually found it...)

At any rate, of course, I was a little distraught at the incident. What kind of parent leaves their baby unattended somewhere lego-accessible? And then it hit me. I am not to blame at all. I mean, who is the genius who created these toys in the first place? I mean, I'm fine with the megablocks, even the duplos. But the legos. Look at them - the shapes, the colors, the teeny-tiny-ness of them - they're just begging to be popped in your mouth like a tic tac. And don't even try to tell me that they are not meant for babies because my answer to that would be that I witnessed my nine year old niece swallow one just a month or two ago.

But it doesn't end there. The toy industry as a whole just seems to have a lot of really bad ideas. Let's see. Just in Peanut's toy collection alone are the Pollys with their little plastic dresses and shoes, and OH those magnetic outfits that were recalled for kids choking on the magnets. The Dora house with its possible toxic levels of lead (thankfully ours was not purchased in the recall period). The little pet shop and their itty-bitty bobble heads AND the countless ridiculously tiny accessories. The Barbies and their choking hazard purses and the outfits that are so tight I can't even get them on, nevermind my five year old. Again I ask - who's idea was this stuff?

And don't even get me started on the Moonsand. Not only is it SAND, its also slightly STICKY and REPELS WATER. Do you see where I'm going with this?

And do I even need to mention the fact that every single toy both of my kids own sings a song, makes a noise or has a siren attached and is loud enough that no level of volume on the television can drown them out? Clearly, these people do not bring parents of young children in on their focus groups.

Any parents out there seen Magnetix? Not only is it a choking hazard, but they also can apparently stick together in your abdomen, creating a huge blockage requiring surgery. That's an idea right up there with the never-quite-made-it-to-the-shelves-because-they-contain-the-date-rape-drug AquaDots that Peanut still asks me for to this day.

So in conclusion, although I fully blame the lego manufacturers for creating a toy that can be so easily devoured by young children, I also commend them for making them small enough to pass through my child without doing any damage. Brother's digestive tract thanks you.