My youngest son (the little zombie baby boy) likes the taste of other baby flesh. Sounds crazy right? Sadly, all too real. His daycare sent home pictures of his latest victim; so, there’s proof (yay!).
When he was still a baby (like under 1 years old, he’s still a baby to us), the little dude would chew on fingers. We assumed it was just a cute baby thing. Who would have guessed 1.5 years later, and he’d attack the shit out of a sub one-year old girl, leaving marks on her arms and face?
Unfortunately, when your kid tries to eat someone else’s kid, even if they aren’t the original zombie, there’s an overwhelming feeling of embarrassment.
His mom and I are pretty upset. He’s been on the receiving end of other zombie baby attacks, so you might say he’s just a cog in the zombie baby machine and not the cause of the outbreak. Unfortunately, when your kid tries to eat someone else’s kid, even if they aren’t the original zombie, there’s an overwhelming feeling of embarrassment. Eating other kids is bad.
Talking to your little zombie baby
Supposedly the little girl our little zombie baby boy tried to eat, has sensitive skin too. I’m of the opinion it is totally possible my son is just trying to point out the hardships her sensitive skin will burden her with. She’s likely to have teeth marks all over the place for life! Maybe in his own zombie way he is just trying to help alert everyone to this problem?
You can’t assume that though (says my wife) so, in an effort to be “good” human (not zombie) parents, we’ve talked to him about maybe not eating other kids. He seems receptive to our stern suggestion. If there’s a take away, I think it’s that talking to your zombie baby (who tries to eat other babies) about not eating other babies doesn’t necessarily result in getting yourself eaten. That’s gotta be a good thing! I think I’m winning at this parenting thing!