How do they get out of their mommies' bellies?
Kevin warned me that the Howler asked him this earlier last week. Since she didn't pounce on me right away, I thought that whatever he told her was fine.
WRONG! She hit me with it last night while she was in the tub.
I had to explain the physical logistics of it, in a way that gave the 5 year old what she needed to know, but didn't tell her too much. And considering that she LOVES to natter on about things she's learned (and she likes to share the info with her classmates) I have to be careful in what (and how) I tell her anything.
She listens to what I have to say, then asks, "Does it hurt?"
I tell her the truth, "Yes, it does. But not that much, and it's worth it."
Remember when the little Worry Wort was stressing about going to junior high and high school? Oh, YEAH!
She started to tear up, get really stressed, and kept saying, "I don't never ever want a baby then. I don't want it to hurt. Does it always hurt? I don't want a baby ever then. Not ever. No, I know you want me to have babies, but I'm not going to ever. How do I not have babies? How? Help me to not never ever have babies. I don't want babies...."
I tried telling her that at 5 years old, this is something she can worry about YEARS from now. She's still wigging about it, 10 minutes later. Sweet Jesus! Even when I told her that it's okay if she doesn't have babies, she's not having any RIGHT NOW, so she can relax.
How did I get a child that stresses about future things so much?
We did not start singing "The Wheels on the Issue Bus" at this point, although I desperately wanted to.
We finally settled on my firm and sincere promise that if she doesn't want to have babies, she wouldn't, and when she was older--MUCH MUCH OLDER--I would make sure she knew how to not have any babies.
In retrospect, I'm just glad she was concentrating on getting the baby OUT, not how it got in there in the first place. (She probably would've thrown up!)
lol. Save me from the teenage years!
And the Worryfest continues tonight...Save me!
Kevin warned me that the Howler asked him this earlier last week. Since she didn't pounce on me right away, I thought that whatever he told her was fine.
WRONG! She hit me with it last night while she was in the tub.
I had to explain the physical logistics of it, in a way that gave the 5 year old what she needed to know, but didn't tell her too much. And considering that she LOVES to natter on about things she's learned (and she likes to share the info with her classmates) I have to be careful in what (and how) I tell her anything.
She listens to what I have to say, then asks, "Does it hurt?"
I tell her the truth, "Yes, it does. But not that much, and it's worth it."
Remember when the little Worry Wort was stressing about going to junior high and high school? Oh, YEAH!
She started to tear up, get really stressed, and kept saying, "I don't never ever want a baby then. I don't want it to hurt. Does it always hurt? I don't want a baby ever then. Not ever. No, I know you want me to have babies, but I'm not going to ever. How do I not have babies? How? Help me to not never ever have babies. I don't want babies...."
I tried telling her that at 5 years old, this is something she can worry about YEARS from now. She's still wigging about it, 10 minutes later. Sweet Jesus! Even when I told her that it's okay if she doesn't have babies, she's not having any RIGHT NOW, so she can relax.
How did I get a child that stresses about future things so much?
We did not start singing "The Wheels on the Issue Bus" at this point, although I desperately wanted to.
We finally settled on my firm and sincere promise that if she doesn't want to have babies, she wouldn't, and when she was older--MUCH MUCH OLDER--I would make sure she knew how to not have any babies.
In retrospect, I'm just glad she was concentrating on getting the baby OUT, not how it got in there in the first place. (She probably would've thrown up!)
lol. Save me from the teenage years!
And the Worryfest continues tonight...Save me!
1 comment:
I think its the age. When I was pg with Jordan, one of my flute students was 5, and she was very interested in the concept of pregnancy, babies, etc. I was party to a lot of her questions (to me & to her mother) during & after her flute lessons.
She was also most concerned with the idea of pain in childbirth, saying she never wanted to have a baby. Once her mom & I sold the deal on the wonders of narcotic epidurals, she conceeded, "Ok then, maybe I'll have only like 10 kids."
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