Yesterday I learned...

that metal whisks should come with a parental advisory warning: Not For Babies!!

I thought, hmmm, this tiny whisk will keep Spencer occupied for the next few minutes while I do (whatever it was I was doing). I came back into the room a few seconds later and he had pulled the loopy things completely out of the handle. Ack! Images of poking eyes out!!

I never knew that the loops on a traditional metal whisk weren't attached to the handle. Evidently, they're just shoved into the handle and held in by friction, which we all know isn't going to stop a one-year-old.

On another note, today I had the genius idea to get a vinyl table cloth for the dining room table. We changed to the antique high chair I grew up in, but it doesn't have a tray. The travel placemat we had worked okay, but Spencer kept wadding or rolling it up or dumping it off the table (the suction cups don't work well on wood). My friend also told me to get a piece to go under the high chair. It looks nicer than a towel, but is just as easy to clean.

Yay, solutions!