Out of the mouths of babes....

I had one of those conversations with my 4 year old son this morning:


My son: Mummy can I do a wee before I get dressed?


Me: I'd never stop you doing a wee or you'll end up with a kidney like your sister (she has one kidney smaller than the other due to urine infections)


My son: But mummy I don't have a kidney I have a willy!


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This will now go down in family folklore along with previous comments from his older half siblings:


Me: it's a bit draughty in here


7 year old Step-daughter: I can't see any giraffes


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Grown up: It's all down to the genes you've got and you haven't got those particular genes


Child: But I am wearing jeans!




I'm sure I've said silly things as I've been growing up and that all of us can think of similar moments that have the grown ups laughing and the children looking puzzled. What can you remember?

Out of the mouths of babes...

Bath time tonight threw up some of those interesting questions and statements that can completely throw a parent completely.


Having girl and a boy they have obviously been aware for a while that their bodies are different from each other. My son from about aged 2 assumed that his sister had a "willy" too. I decided to tell both children that on a girl its a "clitoris". This caused them much amusement especially when my son solemnly informed granny what it was called.


The difference between the function of these parts seems to have passed them by until tonight. My son was still convinced that his sister could use hers to wee just like him. Tonight as he was using the loo he again expressed this conviction and I had to say no that girls wee from a hole further round. Then my daughter asked the killer question: