Sometime last week while I was giving toddler munchkin her bath, she points to the nipples on her flat chest and says, “See mummy. I have boobies!” Okay. My first thoughts were that she definitely didn’t hear that from me. I was pretty certain I hadn’t had ‘that’ conversation with her yet; and I know I still say ‘boobs’ like we say in Naija. So it wasn’t me (like Shaggy).
As I tried to figure out who it could be (between her aunt and daycare), I calmly said to her,
“Oh yeah? Show me your boobies.” She points to the flat nipples again.
Then I tell her, “Well, you don’t have boobies yet. You’re still a little girl. When you grow older, you will have boobies.”
She says, ” Will they grow like your own?” (Jeez!).
I (still very calmly) said, “Yes, when you grow, your boobies will grow too.” Meen, I didn’t think I’d be having this conversation with a 40month old child!
Baby munchkin was in the bathroom with us when this dialogue was going on. Suffice it to say that the words, “I have boobies” have become the most repeated words in this household ever since.
Just this evening, DH narrated the conversation he had with toddler while he was giving her a bath.
Toddler munchkin: “See daddy! I have boobies.”
He said he was too taken aback to say anything, so he just keeps quiet and wishes she’d drop the matter.
Toddler munchkin, again: “Daddy, see my boobies.”
Daddy just nods and continues his task at hand.
Toddler munchkin: “Daddy, when I grow, my boobies will grow like mummy’s boobies.”
Daddy: “Uh-oh”.
Toddler-munchkin: “Daddy, do you like mummy’s boobies?”
At this point DH couldn’t hold it much longer and he burst out laughing.
Kids say the darndest things!
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