NSJ

We put Niko in the high chair for the first time this weekend. He is getting the hang of foods like mushed up green beans, mushed up carrots, and mushed up sweet potatoes. The stuff looks and tastes pretty gross to me but I suppose if I had no teeth and had never had any other food, I might be OK with it. Now that I think about it, if my only comparison was formula and rice cereal, I would be ecstatic.

As first time parents, we have unwittingly been entertaining Niko by make noises with our mouths. The “motor boat noise” (blowing air over relaxed lips with a humming sound) is good for easily an hour of fun. It got even better when he started copying us. Super cute right? I sure thought so until the kid put together “motor boat noise” with “eating mushy liquid carrots and beans” turning my cloths and the kitchen into a orange and green modern art painting. He thinks this is the most fun ever (even more fun than quick-changing a diaper in the bathroom of a rapidly descending plane).

I’m convinced there is a huge retail opportunity here. I call it the “parental splatter” clothing line. You decide what you are going to feed your child in the morning, grab the matching shirt, and the new stains just blend into the shirt pattern (we would always incorporate the white spit up splotches — those are “every day” stains). I could even match the labels to make it easier. Grab your “sweet potato and green bean” splatter shirt and you are ready for the day. I’ll market this with my “dog hair” shirts which make it so you don’t have to worry about shedding dogs because your shirt is already covered with hair. Genius.