Don't you just love how real kids are and how they just tell it like it is? Well, as I was combing Livi's hair before bed, we sat down to watch a show on tv (usually a great distraction from the gnarls in her hair). She proceded to inform me that she doesn't watch 'shows,' she watches 'cartoons.' I thanked her for telling me that and she went on playing with her book as I watched "The Biggest Loser." I noticed she started watching the show more and playing less with her word book. Before long, this was the conversation that we had.
Livi: Wow, that lady has big nipples.
Me: (laughing) Really? You can't see her nipples. Those are her boobs.
Livi: No, she has BIG nipples.
Me: (still laughing that my 3 yr. old is talking so frankly about nipples). Are you talking about her belly?
Livi: No. That lady has big nipples.
Me: (still laughing to myself and thinking how am I going to explain the different body parts so she doesn't bust out with this conversation in public).
Livi: Wow. That guy has big nipples.
Me: Those are his boobs.
Livi: No, those are his nipples. (hey kristi, is 'nipples' on your "list?")
Me: Do you have nipples, Livi?
Livi: Yes, I have baby nipples.
Me: You do? Aren't you a big girl?
Livi: Yes, but I have baby nipples. So does Ethan and Eli and Daddy and you!
Me: How does Eli have baby nipples when he's 7? He's a big kid.
Livi: Jeremy has baby nipples too. (he's a cousin that's 9).
Me: How does Jeremy have baby nipples when he's 9?
Livi: Eli's 9 too!
Me: Eli's only 7. Jeremy's 9.
Livi: Ethan has baby nipples, and so do I.
Me: Where's your nipples?
Livi: (pulls up her nightgown and points at them)
Me: Good job. Let's go to bed now.
Livi: Ok. Will you read me a 'once upon a time story?'
Me: Sure.
The moral of this conversation is: you need to explain that boobs are different than nipples and you probably shouldn't let your 3 yr. old watch "The Biggest Loser." I hope I'm not the only one that has children that talk so frank about things and make no sense when you're trying to reason with them!
4 comments:
We always told the full story to our kiddoes -- I think it's a good thing. Liv is adorable -- and I too was watching the Biggest Loser, but without a 3 year old companion. Dang. I'd have loved that!
That is great! Now I don't feel so bad when I change Mason's diaper and he points to himself and says PENIS!
i freakin love that!!! and i love that ashlee has a mason who loves his pee pee, too. yay, boys!
Ok, that made me laugh really hard! I love that she just kept saying nipples over and over. I don't think I could have kept myself from laughing. Nipples FOR SURE goes in The List! That Livi is great.
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