Why did you do that?

Katie's new thing these days seems to be dumping out any liquid container that she can get a hold of on the ground and then drinking it. It started with my water bottles on the area rug (twice), then the juice from her cup outside on the ground (see previous post) and today she topped all of those.

I was getting ready for a pre-interview job skills assessment at Helix Water District. I had gotten mostly ready but went upstairs to finish my makeup, I only wear eyeliner and mascara so it wasn't very long. When I walked into the living room I heard sucking sounds and saw her...she had taken our gallon sized pitcher of orange juice drink (the cannery kind) and poured what was left in it onto the carpet and was sucking it up with her mouth. Gross!!!

Again, I didn't ask her to keep doing it so I could get the shot, but with 30 minutes to go before I had to leave for my interview/test I was not happy with having to pull out the carpet cleaner to suck all the punch out of the carpet while wearing my good work clothes.

I can't seem to identify the logic behind these acts. Why would anyone (at any age) want to drink juice off of the ground or suck it out of carpet? Obviously she doesn't have any texture problems...maybe that's why she'll eat anything too. Seriously, is it just Katie or are other children out there like her too?

Here's the photo of the spill with the empty pitcher...it looks gross, I know.
Orange drink on tan carpet = dark brown stain.