How Times Have Changed

I was giving Elliot his bath when he grabbed the liquid soap and ate some of it. I sat back and waited for the look of disgust, figuring this would be a good teaching moment.

To my surprise, Elliot wasn't disgusted at all. In fact, he wanted to eat more.



So then I tried the soap. It tasted pretty good. It turns out the main ingredients include water, sodium, glucose, sunflower seeds, rice milk and mallow. That sounds like a delicious snack.



In my day, we made our soap out of lye. [Citation needed. -ed.]



Don't these new-age soap companies realize they've taken all the power out of threatening to wash your child's mouth out with soap?