It Turns Out, I'm Not A Bad Mom: I Let My Babies Eat Dirt

I admit it, sometimes I let my babies put dirt or other foreign objects in their mouths.

For example, Finn crawled out of the car today and paused to put something from the car's carpet in his mouth.
What was that?, I wondered. But, I didn't have the energy to fish it out and he'd probably already swallowed it.

Here's why that's not as bad as you think.