Grow Up, Throw Up and Party

I went to pick up Phoebe from school yesterday. I had to go to the bathroom real bad, but I forgot to go at her school. I mentioned to Phoebe on the way home that I had to pee bad, and she suggested I use Perry's urinal. (Remember, car wash, urinal on front seat when I picked up the car, me, embarrassed to death?) If not, the post is from a few Not Me Mondays ago.

Anyway, I explained to Phoebe that it would be very hard for me to pee in that urinal. She offered a few suggestions of how I could go about it, but I still said it wouldn't work.

I said it's easier for dad to pee in it. She said, "That's because he has a weeee-ner?"

Um, yeah.

I asked her if she knew the proper name for a weeee-ner, and she had to think a minute, but she knew. OK, no big deal.

Then she brought up the subject of having babies. She said she was sure that somewhere in the world some man had a baby. I said no, men can't birth babies. She said it was possible, but I said no, it's not possible. God didn't design us that way.

Then she brought up seeds from men and eggs in women. We did tell her this much about baby making. She said, "I understand that men have the seeds, and women have the eggs...but HOW does the seed get to the egg to make a baby?"

Are we home yet?

She's in 1st grade. 6 years old, going on 16, but none the less, 6.

She is mature for her age, but I'm not ready for her to know THAT much about how babies get inside the mom. I'm not scared or embarrassed to tell her, I just don't think it's time to tell her the detailed facts of life.

I did tell her that it's a beautiful, personal way, of how a husband and wife show their love for each other. And there is more to know, but I thought she was too young, but when the time comes, I will tell her more. And that I was going to talk to dad about what she asked to see if he thought she needed to hear more yet.

Perry thought I handled it just fine. But in no way when the time comes is he going to be the one to tell her. :-D He said she'll probably hear about it on the playground. Maybe, but I hope she comes to me with what she heard, so I can explain how God intends this to be, instead of playground giggles.

She didn't ask any more about it. She's satisfied with what she heard. Whew.

Anybody else deal with this at such a young age?

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Abigail has diarrhea and throwing up today. Yippee, here we go again. Does it ever end?

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