Beware the Phantom Scarf
My sister made Nina a little mini-scarf for Christmas. But for Nina, since she's a mini-person, it's normal sized. Yesterday, I let Nina see it, and she put it around her neck like I showed her. Then she wrapped it around again. When she wanted it off, she grabbed both ends and pulled.

She was pulling so hard on the ends of the scarf that her arms were shaking. I'm only a few feet away, so I try to get her to stop, as she's working on strangling herself. She was in a panic at this point and I actually had to pry her fingers open to get the thing off her. Her face had turned red in the ten or so seconds that she was choking herself.

Once the scarf was off, she waddled off, singing, as if nothing had happened.

It let me know why you have to keep an eye on these little critters. Who'd think that, given a scarf, the first thing a kid would do is start choking themselves and not know how to stop it.

Otherwise, Nina seems quite smart.
- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 8:24 AM