the one where i might just be highly inappropriate

I have taught both of my boys the proper anatomical names of their body parts. We talk about who has a penis and who has a vagina. I want them to come to me and K first when they have questions later and I feel like the best way to set this up now is to just be honest and frank when it comes to body parts and questions about body parts. This is not a big deal when we are all at home, but the boys go to daycare now.

One day I picked up S and the afternoon teacher, who is a roughly 20 year old male, told me he needed to talk to me. He was so nervous that it caught me off guard. He said S was a great kid and he was really smart, but he learned a new word that caused some problems. He said it was a name for a female body part and it kind of made it worse that he knew exactly what he was talking about. I finally figured out that he was talking about "vagina" and asked if S was just saying it or if he called someone a vagina. The teacher told me S called him a vagina.

Okay, I don't know how I didn't burst out laughing. I did remain serious though and said I'd talk to S. We stepped out in the hallway and I knelt down and told S that we can't call people body part names. You can't call people vaginas, not because it's a bad word but because we don't call people names. We don't call them penises or butts or anything else. He shrugged and said okay and that was that.

A is now really trying to talk. He's actually got some pretty complete sentences, but you really have to listen to him and pay attention to what's going on to catch everything he's saying. He's now very into naming people who have penises and people who have vaginas. So, you know, round two.

Last night, S was full of questions about when K and I met, where we were, where he was, and then that led to him asking how he got out of my tummy. I said, "Well, this isn't how it happens for everyone, but things got a little complicated and the doctor had to make a cut and pull you out." He was mildly horrified. And then immediately asked what if he had just come out of my mouth. I said that never happens. So of course, his next question was what is the other way that babies get out. I said "When the baby is ready, what usually happens is the doctor helps it come out of the mommy's vagina."

So, pick up time at daycare this week should be super fun!