Wedding Woes
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Last night, Wolverine (6.5yo, finishing kinder) brought home her art portfolio and was showing me her drawings from the year. One of the pictures, she described as "Pete the cat's girlfriend, and her eggs."
This lead to a 10 minute discussion about human and cat anatomy and physiology, eggs/ovaries/uteruses/periods (yes you bleed every month-ish, no you're not dying), how cats and other animals have a "Y" shaped uterus, and how girls have 3 holes and boys have 2 holes.
That quickly devolved into her yelling at DK, "Hey dad, you only have 2 holes because boys have 2 holes and girls have 3! Mom and me have more holes!"
I'm probably getting a call from school...
This lead to a 10 minute discussion about human and cat anatomy and physiology, eggs/ovaries/uteruses/periods (yes you bleed every month-ish, no you're not dying), how cats and other animals have a "Y" shaped uterus, and how girls have 3 holes and boys have 2 holes.
That quickly devolved into her yelling at DK, "Hey dad, you only have 2 holes because boys have 2 holes and girls have 3! Mom and me have more holes!"
I'm probably getting a call from school...
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Also, I love Pete the Cat.
I'm also cracking up she gave the momma cat a boy's name. But the eggs are my favorite part.
Also - I had no idea about the Y-shaped uterus. *insert "The More You Know" graphic*
(one other funny moment from that class was that somehow one group, made of 2 guys, ended up with a male rate instead of a female rat. they didn't notice until they had knocked it out and opened it up and couldn't find a uterus. we made fun of them for weeks after that.)
no rats were harmed during the duration of the class.
please let us know if the school calls.
Moms: is there an age appropriate body book? I used to have a pop-up reproductive system book but it's out of print. My son knows his genitalia, but is very confused by the fact that mommy pees out of her "bum".
I have tried to explain the whole penis/ vagina thing, but I think he needs a more visual guide.
When I was a kid, I was convinced ants made honey. I saw them crawling all over the peonies and figured they had no reason to be there other than honey. I knew bees made honey, I just thought ants did too.
We did get pulled aside at after school pickup earlier this year because she corrected one of her (female) friends who was saying that her penis hurt. "You don't have a penis. you're a girl. You have a vagina. only boys have penises." The (male) instructor was like bright red when he relayed this to DK - "she's not in trouble, and I mean technically, she's right, but maybe ask her not to use body part names at school? we don't want the other parents to complain." I told DK that frankly, i'd be more concerned that my 6yo didn't know the difference between a penis and a vagina. (then again, maybe she's intersex or trans and has a penis or both - who knows? the child presents as female.)
I don't think she thought that the cat laid eggs - cause i've showed her some different animal birth videos - maybe it was more along the lines of an "Easter bunny" deal? She's also seen the fish give birth and lay eggs, so there may have been some confusion - but definitely isn't now.
No calls from the school yet.
Re: books: i haven't used any but i have pulled up diagrams online. i had to do that for the 2 holes vs 3 holes discussion because she thought that pee came out of vaginas. i don't know if kids' books get that detailed. I have my bio books as backups, but the internet is faster and easier.
I never had a lot of kid experience before I had one (even babysitting, they were always school-aged), so I've always talked to her more like an adult than a kid, and I tend to not sugar coat stuff. I'd rather that she knew proper names for body parts and have a basic understanding how how they work.
We were talking and she was saying that she may have to start a brief 'body parts' talk with him. At least the basics between girls and boys - but being a mom of a boy, he has a rough idea on the fact there are differences.
{side note - she potty training and she tells him "good job!" when he poops in the toilet, so he has now taken to telling her 'good job!' when she uses the bathroom lmao}
He also saw his grandfather in the shower and asked his mom why his grandad's peanut has a moustache.
My parents brought us up to use proper names. I didn't even know most of the slang terms until I was in high school.
I snorted. I won't lie lmao!
Honestly I have no idea when I learned parts. I know I was taught "good touch/bad touch" in kindergarten - and apparently I told my nana {who was bathing me} that I had to give her permission to touch me and I didn't want her to wash me. I could do it myself. {my nana was impressed I was willing to tell a family member not to touch fyi}
I lost it when she told me. I love that story. I told her we need to share that one at the wedding when our kids get married.