http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/BakoMom/26005 &nbsp; It's official, my sweet toddler daughter ate dirt.&nbsp; Having something so notably filthy in her mouth made me cringe. Here's how it happened.&nbsp; We were spending quality time, outside, the sun shining, birds singing.&nbsp; It started like an ordinary day.&nbsp; My daughter was helping me garden.&nbsp; Sorting the big rocks from the little rocks and by color.&nbsp; I look over, naturally, I think she is gifted, future valedictorian.&nbsp; Sorting and arranging ever so gingerly and with such precision.&nbsp; Then, from out of know where.... spit, spit, spit the way a toddler would spit...&nbsp; She put in her mouth a handful of dirt.&nbsp; Icky!&nbsp; I remember reading about something like this in my nursing training. Geophagy, is the scientific name.&nbsp; After I rinsed her mouth out.&nbsp; I started thinking does dirt have good nutrients?&nbsp; God knows she's hardly eating anything else right now.&nbsp; I'm sure there are yummy vitamins or at least minerals in the composition of dirt.&nbsp;&nbsp; Something to consider.&nbsp; Maybe geophagy for a toddler is not a bad idea.&nbsp; I will need to check if it's recommended by a dietitian!&nbsp; &nbsp; It's official, my sweet toddler daughter ate dirt.&nbsp; Having something so notably filthy in her mouth made me cringe. Here's how it happened.&nbsp; We were spending quality time, outside, the sun shining, birds singing.&nbsp; It started like an ordinary day.&nbsp; My daughter was helping me garden.&nbsp; Sorting the big rocks from the little rocks and by color.&nbsp; I look over, naturally, I think she is gifted, future valedictorian.&nbsp; Sorting and arranging ever so gingerly and with such precision.&nbsp; Then, from out of know where.... spit, spit, spit the way a toddler would spit...&nbsp; She put in her mouth a handful of dirt.&nbsp; Icky!&nbsp; I remember reading about something like this in my nursing training. Geophagy, is the scientific name.&nbsp; After I rinsed her mouth out.&nbsp; I started thinking does dirt have good nutrients?&nbsp; God knows she's hardly eating anything else right now.&nbsp; I'm sure there are yummy vitamins or at least minerals in the composition of dirt.&nbsp;&nbsp; Something to consider.&nbsp; Maybe geophagy for a toddler is not a bad idea.&nbsp; I will need to check if it's recommended by a dietitian!&nbsp; en-us <p>I remember eating dirt when I was a kid.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Even if a dietician recommended eating dirt, I don't think we'd incorporate it into our diet.&nbsp; :)</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/BakoMom/26005/#c_233599 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/BakoMom/26005/#c_233599 <p>I remember eating dirt when I was a kid.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Even if a dietician recommended eating dirt, I don't think we'd incorporate it into our diet.&nbsp; :)</p>