Baby Toes
28 July 2003
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Time flies. My baby daughter is almost six months old. She’s wriggly and floppy. Lately she’s found her feet, and is now earnestly trying to get her toes in her mouth. They must look so tasty up there above her head. But we must take caution. According to what Malay old people say, when a baby puts her toes in her mouth, it means she’s asking for another baby, and pregnancy is right around the corner. Now, I put a lot of weight in the wisdom of generations, orally transmitted from mother to daughter. So I knew it was time to get a birth control device and that’s exactly what I did…
LOL! That’s a good one
That was very funny.
Heh. Practical, and very fuss-free in the event of an unplanned special night =p
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