Metal is yummy

Last week Elsie found out first hand what metal tastes like. I am not sure what type of metal it was but she ate it. It was a small fixture that goes on the end of the shower knob. She discovered it that morning and instead of being smart and moving it then I just put it back in and forgot about it. That night while a was cooking dinner I heard a little cry from the living room. Then Elsie comes into the kitchen crying and opening her mouth. She kept pointing to her mouth and crying and then I asked her if she ate something and she yes. But what??? Well I soon thought about our little adventure in the bathroom that morning and sure enough the metal fixture was missing. I asked her if she ate it and she said yes but she says yes to most anything so I was not positive that she ate it. The mystery was solved the next day at diaper changing time. The small round fixture is about the size of a penny and is as thick as three pennies. But it passed with no known pain or problems.