It's not quite stealing candy from a baby . . .

I'm raising a thief.

When I went to pick Kenzers up from daycare yesterday, one of the girls who worked there asked me rather sheepishly if Kenzie still took a nuk (pacifier).

"No," I said. "She never has taken one."

"Oh," she said and began fishing around the crib Kenzie uses in search of Kenzer's socks.

"Why?"

"Well, she was in the infant room with Gracie (the new baby at daycare). The next time we looked, Gracie was missing her nuk. We looked and looked and then we saw Kenzie. She had Gracie's nuk in her mouth!"

"Really," I said, thinking I have to call Kristie and tell her about this. But I fought the urge to fish my BlackBerry out of my pocket.

"Well, I thought that maybe you guys gave Kenzie a nuk when she got home."

Nuks are strictly forbidden when the infants turn a certain age.

"Oh," I said.

"But did Kenzie cry when we took it out and gave it back to Gracie!"

I turned to Kenzie, who was in my arms, and I swear she smirked!

She gets more like her mother every day!!