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A Time for Intervention

10/23/2014

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So looking at our children, our oldest definitely looks like his father's side, and while it's obvious the two boys are brothers even to complete strangers because they have a lot of the same looks, most say our youngest looks more like me.  I think both boys get their good looks from their mother (*wink, wink), but David's personality is definitely mine, whereas, I have no idea where my youngest's disposition comes from.  Dave and I are pretty straight-laced and regimented, which suits David just fine, but Ethan just bulldozes through life, literally and figuratively and there's no stopping the child.  It's like trying to redirect a tornado with a box fan.  But he still loves cuddling with mommy, whereas with David those moments are all too quickly (and sadly) slipping out of my grip. 

However, there is one thing that my little boy gets from me as I have posted about before, window-licking.  Now, I am well past my window and mirror-licking days, but for Ethan, it is getting progressively worse.  I used to have dog smudges on the windows and doors, now I just have tongue streaks.  It's full out, nose squished against the window, tongue hanging WAY out, back and forth.  If you call his name, he freezes in that position, waits to hear what you have to say, then resumes.  If you tell him to stop, he laughs (still with his tongue on the window).  He has even licked MY FLOOR!  While I like to think of myself as a very clean person and am picky about having a clean house, my floors definitely are not to the level of which they can be licked!  There's no medical condition causing this issue, as I have made sure to look at this from every angle.  I am thinking an intervention is necessary, but I think that will just drive the behavior further.  Ignoring doesn't change anything, addressing the situation just leads to his ornery look he gives me...it's no use.  So I just hope he will outgrow this year-and-a-half long interest/obsession and I can have clean windows and doors again.  If not, let me just apologize already to his future wife, she sure will have a challenge trying to tame our wild man. 

**After writing this 2 days ago and saving the post, Dave took the boys to his basketball practice.  Upon returning, I instructed both boys to wash their hands and Dave informed me we might want to wash Ethan's tongue as well...he licked everything in sight!  UGH!**
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"Ethan, what are you doing? Step away from that glass door!"
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If you look closely enough, you can see his left tonsil!
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