The Mom We Wish We Had…
27.07.2005The Savvy Mom is awesome.
In Fighting the Good Fight she writes:
I had this conversation with Shef during diaper-change this weekend:
“Penis,” he said, groping his package, as usual. “Touch penis.”
“Yes,” I replied, same as always, “that’s your penis,” and reached for a wipe.
“Penis,” Shef said again.
“Yes,” I said patiently. “All little boys have them.” And then I realized my mistake and edited hastily: “Except some transsexuals, and that’s okay, too.”
And then I wondered, how much information is too much information for a one-year-old?
How cool is that? In a comment to her post I responded that I did not think mentioning transsexuals was TMI for her one year old. Too abstract, yes. But I shared with her my mother’s comments that at 20-24 months I said with conviction that I was a boy….