Okay, I’m doing a little better with this whole kid’s asking question about their bodies things… I’m getting there anyway… you see, I come from a family of girls – girls girls girls everywhere. This whole boy thing freaks me out. I can talk periods all day long, but penises… well, those are another thing all together. And let’s face it, Tom (love ya, babe) and most men only care about laughing and grunting and scratching. So, that leaves me, with the wrong equipment, trying to explain it without that “That’s my boy” look that the guys get.
So, a few nights ago Jamie was getting dressed in his room while we were getting ready to read his bedtime story. He starts naming his body parts… he comes to his penis and then asks me what “these” are.
I reply, “those are your testicles”
“Oh”, he says and waits for long pause, “So, why are there balls in there”
“Ummm… the balls are called testicles and they are inside your skin” (thinking do I really want to start naming ALL the stuff and confuse the kid or what)
“Okay”
We finish getting dressed and then I hear, “Mom (editorial: note that I’m not called Mommy or even Momma much anymore, it’s always “mom” and I secretly cringe… I wanna be Mommy *laugh*)… Mom, I’m going to call these my Testi-Balls”
Yeah, that’s great, just great… whatever dude.
I even got up the gumption to explain bad touching and all that. Seriously. Can I just lock them up until they are 30 or something?
ahahaha, that is SO funny!
That is classic! I love it!
testi-balls is good!
Expect boys to be obsessed with their parts pretty much up until adulthood. My brother is almost 13 and he still talks about his penis ALL the time. When he was like 4 he used to run through the room after his bath and say (loudly) “nobody look at my penis!”
that is freakin hilarious, seriously, i’m still laughing. Aw, boys. Aren’t they lovely? When Jack starts asking stuff like that i’ll send him to Aunite Candy.
Very cute! I told my boy he had balls and well, his facination grew because what kid doesn’t love balls!
I should have gone with testi-balls.