Today's post is meant to serve notice to all of the plush ducks out there -- it's time you learned that there is a tiny baby mouth that is ready to leave you slightly damp and smelly. Charlotte recently discovered that she can not only grasp objects, but that if they are moved towards her open mouth, they can dock like a tiny, furry spaceship.

But before you are devoured alive duck, you will be jostled, smacked, and even lost for brief periods of time. And just when you think that you might escape, an adult hand will swoop in and place you once again in the crying baby's grasp. After that, you'll watch as two eyes become crossed and the tractor beam locks on to your beak.

So, to you plush ducks and moose and butterflies, I give you advance warning. The baby is coming and she is hungry.