For example, I gave little Ladybug a fudgesicle. She curiously poked at it and tasted it but mostly just painted her high chair tray until it began to melt and made a stick mess. "ew! Yucky. Need wipe." She says as she gives me the dripping stick and is asking for a baby wipe to clean her tray. If I try to do it for her, she will take the wipe away from me. So its easier to just give her one and let her "help". Cuter too.
This isn't unusual. She likes to help clean up spills and insists on washing her own face. She's slightly neurotic about other things too, such as where her bottle sits on her tray or insisting on her bathroom door being closed at night. She's beautiful and sweet and quickly figuring out the way she wants things in life.
Big sister shares her anti-sticky sediments and similarly asks to wash her hands or will clean up a mess. A recent favorite story was when grandma and grandpa came over for dinner. Grandpa's hands were stained black from a substance he had been working with. Little girl saw his hands, pronounced them yucky dirty and insisted he washed them. He did, just to show her that they really were clean (just discolored). Still, she refused to touch him, shying away and staring suspiciously at his hands. During dinner, she asked for juice but when grandpa reached for her cup to accommodate, she pulled away and said "no, your hands are yucky. Plead don't touch my drink." Her voice was quiet, almost guilty and apologetic and so cute.
I think its strange habit for toddlers, but I'm so grateful for it.
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