Awhile back, Emily wrote this post about how Kate’s “comfort item” isn’t really an item per se – it’s her belly button. We have a similar issue with Joshua and his ears. He plays with them when he is tired or nervous, and has done so since he was about two. Now that he’s a big boy, however, he has discovered that he can really play with his ears. He can, in fact, make them do things that they are not supposed to do. Like this, for instance:
He folds his ear inside of itself and then pops it out by smiling really big.
It is too hard for me not to crack up at, and he LOVES making me laugh!
So he runs up to me with his ear like that about 1,000 times a day.
It is HYSTERICAL! But probably not good for his ear…
This is bad, right? What should I do?
