My sister called late in the afternoon with this news, "Rex did it. He put his tongue on a traffic sign post at the library on the way to the car today. " My sister Ruth, his mom, turned around just in time to see it stretch a bit before giving way to his panicked pull away. She called me from home wondering what the heck to feed the poor guy with a new big, red, open sore on the end of his tongue; milkshakes? oatmeal? crushed bananas? I guess at this point, whatever you can get down him. I'm so glad his aunties weren't there to see it happen, that is just too sad. (But he'll never be tempted to lick a sub-zero metal post again! So glad we no longer have to worry about the metal runners on the wooden sleds!)This little guy is a real trooper though, he'll be fine. He's one of the toughest kids I've ever known. Long story. Just trust me, he's tough. (Okay, just one part of the story is that he weighed only 1.7 lbs at birth. His head was the size of a tennis ball, and his legs were the width and length of my first finger. He's now a creative, wonderful, bright, fun, energetic rascal of a six-year-old!)
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Our poor boy. Guess it's something some kids just have to do, like tasting the unsweetened chocolate. That's gonna smart for several days.
Oh my. Our little Rex is serving as a warning to others. I say feed him whatever he'll put in his mouth that won't make him cry out in pain. Poor kid. I did the same thing on one of those rolling open freezers at Fareway when I was about 4. I saw the ice, went in for a lick and the rest is bloody history.
Holy Cow Michael! And I'll bet they'd didn't taste very good.
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