Big Brother shares his vast knowledge......

Let me start by saying that I have never been one to shy away from calling things what they are, so when JJ was younger and started asking about specific body parts, I had no problem telling him what his boy parts were called. But, when he started inquiring about what girls have, since they don't have a penis, I struggled with if I should give him the term or not. Visions of the kid from Kindergarten Cop ran through my mind (If you haven't seen it, there is a kid in the kindergarten class whose parent is a gynocologist, and the little boy is well versed in correct anatomical terminology). I also felt like I should discuss it with his dad first, before I told him....don't ask me why...because I didn't do that before I told him he had a penis.

We really didn't discuss it, and I finally did tell him the term. He had to ask several times, as he couldn't remember what it was called. For all I knew, he still couldn't remember.

Fast forward to last night at bathtime: JJ was in the bathtub but Cari was fresh out of the tub, and sitting on the potty chair....to no avail, unfortunately. But she sat down and said, "I have a penis". I politely told her that no, she didn't, boys had penis' and girls didn't and thus, she was a girl and did most definitely NOT have a penis. The rest of the conversation went like this:

Cari: "Yes I do mommy, I have a penis like JJ"
Me: "Honey, I know you love your brother, and want to do everything he does, but you don't have a penis."
JJ: "Cari, I have a penis. You have a vagina" You can't have a penis, you are a girl, and girls have vaginas." So, apparently he did finally remember the name.