Toddlers and preschoolers are learning all about their world.
And they have no discretion.
A dangerous combination, leading to so many potentially embarrassing–but definitely memorable–quotes.
Back in August, we were watching our friends (Chris & Melissa’s) two boys, when Melissa was pregnant with Caroline.
Their son Corban ended up wearing one of Mara’s pull-ups, when we ran out of diapers in his size. When they left, Mara was concerned that he was still wearing “her” pull-up. I told her it was fine for him to keep it. “But. . . pull-ups are underwear,” Mara remarked, looking puzzled. [We’ve tried to distinguish pull-ups from diapers–you know, you try NOT to wet your pull-ups, just like underwear. But I guess her little mind carried the “logic” too far.]
“If he borrowed my underwear, he would give it back,” she reasoned.
Daniel said we’ll have to remind them of these conversations when they’re about 16. 😉
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Then there are those dreaded “where-do-babies-come-from” type conversations that you hope your three-year-old will never insist that you answer fully.
Mara wanted to know where Micah came out my tummy.
Thank goodness, I had a c-section with him! I told her the doctor cut my tummy open with a knife and took Micah out.
And thank goodness, she was shocked enough by the pain I must have endured under that knife, that she didn’t think to ask where she came out.
But then she asked, “How does the baby get in mommy’s tummy?”
Daniel said something to the effect that God puts the baby in Mommy’s tummy.
She looked intrigued. A little skeptical, but willing to give us the benefit of the doubt, as she said very deliberately, “I want to be there next time to see God put the baby in mommy’s tummy!”