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DD's outside playing with worms. That's healthy, isn't it????

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taffy101 · 27/04/2007 14:15

I've tried not to react otherwise she will relish it even more. I drew the line at bringing them in the house though. It is ok for a 3 year old to play with worms isn't it?

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fryalot · 27/04/2007 14:15

don't see why not. Bit of worm dirt never hurt anyone

suzywong · 27/04/2007 14:15

extremely healthy
as long as they aren't of the tape variety

Tinker · 27/04/2007 14:16

My brother used to eat soil - guess there might have been worms in that sometimes so, yes, playing with them seems very harmless

Twiglett · 27/04/2007 14:17

god yes

DD (3) took a slug on school trip yesterday .. "Me love him, he my friend" she says showing everyone this slug and its silver trail .. the shivers of disgust as people feigned interest in her new pet were hysterical

TwirlyN · 27/04/2007 14:20

why not join her. find a clear container, fill with soil, sand, soil layers, top with grass and leaves, chuck in about 10 worms, watch over the next 2 weeks (keeping said container in your kitchen). then throw the whole lot back in the garden.

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taffy101 · 27/04/2007 14:21

lol twiglett - dd was carrying a slug around the playground in an acorn cup yesterday much to everyones disgust!
Twirly - good idea

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YohoAhoy · 27/04/2007 14:21

Healthy and normal.

Although I must confess, the question:

"ds, why are there worms in your bookbag?"

was not one I had ever anticipated asking.

The answer, obviously, was that he wanted to keep them as pets.

Unfortunately worms do not survive well in a bookbag for 6 hours.

lucyellensmum · 27/04/2007 14:41

great, its brilliant, my dd luuurves worms, snails, spiders (i dont do spiders so have to grit my teeth) etc etc, we have a pet snail called simon at the moment.

thegardener · 27/04/2007 20:34

oh heck i've got this all to come with ds!

Adorabelle · 27/04/2007 20:43

My dh is always taking our dd out into the
garden to find new & interesting insects & bugs. She loves it.
My best friends dd can't cope being in the same room as a fly, she loses it & has to leave the room till the offending creature has been removed.
Totally healthy & normal IMO, my partner has just got a chemeleon & dd thinks it's Christmas! We also have reed frogs, gecko's & dart frogs, I think it's great she's being introduced to nature at such an early age.

Smithagain · 28/04/2007 18:35

My DH has become a total hero to DD1's best friend, ever since he presented her with a really big worm. She's nearly five and I don't think her parents go in for that sort of thing ...

glamourbadger · 28/04/2007 18:50

I ate a good few worms in my childhood as my meanie older sister told me they contained "vitamin C". I wouldn't condone this but it didn't seem to do me any harm!

madmumNika · 28/04/2007 22:22

Completely normal. Between the ages of 3 and 10 my sister and I used to play happily & regularly with worms, snails, newts, ladybirds and earwigs. I still remember sneaking an earwig into an empty matchbox, putting a bit of lettuce in it and going to sleep with said matchbox under my pillow. I was gutted when the earwig was found dead in the morning!!! Have every intention of introducing my DCs to the joys of creepy crawlies as soon as they'll take an interest! Honestly it never did me any harm (admittedly I did go on to study zoology at Uni!!!)

Flamesparrow · 28/04/2007 22:32
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Flamesparrow · 28/04/2007 22:37

I used to eat snails... the kids next door would take the shells off and shove em through the holes in the fence to me.

Unfortunately DS is far too much like his mummy... attempts to eat every snail he sees and sobs when they are taken away!!!

Beach n seaweed should be fun

Rachmumoftwo · 28/04/2007 22:48

My dd age (nearly) 4 sits on the patio talking to 'woodlife' (woodlice) for hours. Depending on their size they are mummy & daddy ones, baby ones and big sister ones (never big brothers for some reason). Got her a bug jar for her birthday next week. She loves snails too, and once I had to stop the car when she said a bee had gone up her top for a cuddle! Talk about panic. She cried when I removed it and it flew off!

Flamesparrow · 28/04/2007 22:50

Aww, my DD used to be like that... then last summer a series of events has led to her screaming at bloody snails

MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo · 28/04/2007 22:51

Taffy

The worm at the bottom of your garden, is it's name Wiggly-Woo?

colditz · 28/04/2007 22:56

All you bug-lovers - how are you ever going to persuade your kids to eat seafood?

hattie2 · 28/04/2007 22:56

DD (4) has recently become slightly obsessed with insects of any kind. Today she 'adopted' a woodlouse, called it Lucy and put it on the sofa (in a bug jar, thankfully) to watch Cbeebies while she went back out into the garden

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taffy101 · 29/04/2007 12:49

Aren;t our kids hilarious!!
Twirly i made the worm jar thing - dd has watered it with a watering can so hope they survive that. She doesn't want to release them back to the wild in 10 days time though...

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Aimsmum · 29/04/2007 12:53

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loopylou6 · 29/04/2007 14:44

lol, so glad i seen this post, i was wondering the exact same thing "is it normal for my dd 2.9 to be so obsesses with worms/snails/slugs/woodlouse etc", she came in the other day and said to her dad "oh no broke" on further investigation of her tightly closed hand we found a snapped in half woodlouse sooooo we tryed explaining to her that she shouldnt pick em up coz the woodlouses mummy and daddy would be looking for it...needless to say she didnt take a blind bit of notice LOL.

Nbg · 29/04/2007 14:49

I've had dd (3) lecture me on how woodlice are beautiful [bork] and how I shouldn't stand on them.

I would much rather hear about worms, lol.