by Charlie Brooks posted in Parenting

There are many awesome parts about having a Halloween baby. Then there?s the creepy parts. Creepy can also be awesome, but it does definitely catch me off-guard sometimes.
Kids have built-in weirdness, but my daughter seems to fully embrace her unusual side. As long as she uses it for good, I?m okay with that. Of course, the fact that she was born on Halloween is a coincidence.
Kids don?t need an excuse to creep their parents out. But my daughter happens to exhibit this sort of behavior more than her brother. She?s also great at emoting, which makes anything she does memorable.
Here are just a few of the ways she?s made me raise an eyebrow.
Shopping for babies. One of the common occurrences when playing house with her is that we go off to shop for a baby. This involves walking into the toy room and selecting the doll we want to be our child. But buying babies isn?t as bad as what happens when she doesn?t like the selection? Spiking babies. In one of these baby shopping excursions, she picked up a naked doll. Suddenly enraged, she shouted, ?Why does this kid never wear clothes"! We?re not taking him with us!? Then she spiked the baby like a football into the toy box and stormed out of the room.
I could have pointed out to her that she was the one who undressed the poor baby doll in the first place. But then I was worried that I mind wind up getting slammed down into the toy box as well.
Bathroom conversations. We?re at a stage rig...