At 03:02:25 on Fri, 12 Oct 2007, ch.maestro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I have received another suggestion: constipation. Of course,
>constipation is not a description for a facial expression but I can
>easily imagine a constipated child, sitting on the pot and squeezing
>hard, making that face.
I don't think a child of that age would squeeze and strain that hard,
not being old enough to know that it was expected to produce anything.
(In fact, a small child about to poo adopts a blank, inward-looking
facial expression; those in the know can spot that expression and, if
necessary, have time to take swift action if the child is nappiless.)
>I can also imagine the grimace being caused by the child's having been
>fed something unpleasant. More likely, much more, even, than
>constipation. With constipation, the mouth would be different, I
>think.
Looked to me as though the child had bitten into a lemon.
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