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March 15, 2006
the terrible twos
tyler: michele has a vagina!
me: ...
ellie: that's right, tyler-bear, michele does have a vagina.
me: ... !
ellie: we're learning about penises and vaginas right now.
me: he's two!
tyler: boys stand up to pee, girls sit down.
me: two!
ellie: babies gone wild!
tyler: babies gone wild!
me: ok, when you say it, pull your shirt up.
ellie: (snort)
me: where's your belly, kid? show me your belly.
tyler: babies gone wild!
Posted by michele at March 15, 2006 01:38 AM
Comments
HA ha hahahaha!
You should be giving him beads or t-shirts as rewards when he does it right. If you’re gonna teach the kid self-degradation, at least teach him to expect token rewards in return. :)
Posted by: BD at March 15, 2006 09:11 AM
i started learning about that stuff when i was two also. not, admittedly, your specific vagina, michele. no, that lesson came much much later.
…ah, memories.
Posted by: didofoot at March 15, 2006 11:05 AM
i started learning that i had a vagina and adam had a penis earlier even since we had to share bathtubs all the time. but it’s still disconcerting to have a 2 year old point to your genitals and proclaim them female.
Posted by: michele at March 15, 2006 12:35 PM
Posted by: didofoot at March 15, 2006 02:02 PM
I’ve always planned on teaching my children the wrong words for things, like calling cats dogs and vice versa. I guess “penis” and “vagina” would be good for that.
Posted by: holohan at March 15, 2006 09:23 PM
Oh, wow. Someday a Holohan son is going to tell some unsuspecting woman that he wants to stick his vagina in her penis.
Speaking strictly as an anthropologist, I’d love to have a video camera around when that happens.
Posted by: Dianna at March 15, 2006 09:58 PM
just so you know, the babies gone wild thing is really catching on. today in our mock-preschool class, tyler took another boy into the corner, said “go wild” and showed this unsuspecting boy his tummy. poor boy. i am sure by next week we will have the whole class doing it. kudos michele, on the amazing idea.
Posted by: ellie at March 16, 2006 08:33 PM
Posted by: michele at March 16, 2006 08:55 PM
unfortunately there was no penis conversation, but some blonde tartlet at the play-doh table threw some beads at the boys…oh her mother was mortified!
Posted by: ellie at March 16, 2006 11:07 PM
Posted by: michele at March 17, 2006 10:17 AM