I have four sons and a daughter. My daughter is the youngest at 18 months. So far she is the dirtiest and meanest. She refuses to wear shoes and does not like to wear clothes. She likes to rub food in her hair, hates baths, and delights in chances to either eat her own poop or throw it. When upset she tries to dig in her nails and claw. It was a real source of delight for her when she learned how to pull her brother's hair. She refuses attempts to comb or brush her own hair, so it has grown into a sort of natural mullet.
She fits in her brother's three t clothes and to the extent that she tolerates clothes prefers these to any of the pretty dresses and outfits meant for her.
At one point her brothers gave her a capgun, which she literally teethed on. When they gave her a realistic looking toy knife, she took to sleeping with it grasped in one hand while sucking the thumb of her other hand.
She has the somewhat rare distinction, shared with two brothers, of having been conceived on Parris Island.
