This is an example of the kid conversations you just can’t make up and make parenting FUN. Forewarned it may embarrass some of you. Especially you boys. FOREWARNED.
Emma finds my lipstick bag in one of my old purses and asks if she can have the lipstick. Seeing that I haven’t used that bag or the lipstick in it for approximately 2.8 years I’m guessing I don’t really need it so I say sure. I hear Emma excitedly telling Lexi back in the hall that I let her have ALL the lipstick. A minute later Lexi comes walking in holding up a tampon.
“I think you’re going to need this.” She hands it to me over my computer monitor.
“Yeah, thanks.” I say, hoping she leaves it alone and walks away.
But no.
“Do you use that to go to the bathroom?”
“No.” Lord, please let her leave it alone.
“Do you pee on it?”
Knowing that sometimes it’s just better to go direct with the answers I take a deep breath. “No. I put it inside me.”
Her face scrunches up and she points at her throat. “You EAT THAT?”
More deep breaths. “No, I put it in my vagina. Do you remember me telling you how I bleed a few days every month?” No reactions so I just keep going, “I put that in my vagina so the blood won’t come out. It’s like a cork!”
Her face scrunches even more. “EWWW!” She walks away as fast as she can. And only a few sentences too late.
Deep breath.
*This* is parenting.
Laughing so hard!!! You handled that beautifully!
I took a cue from our question and answer session that one time in Ryan’s about your jacket. Do you remember that? Yeah, that taught me real quick to quit pestering!
Oh my! Jess just started her period on Sunday…so it has been interesting! Lots of conversation I never imagined having! Just catching up on your blog…will be in prayer for the job situation!
Yikes, I haven’t worked myself up to the part that they have to use them. Many prayers your way too 🙂
Well that’s better than when Jake found mine in the bathroom when he was about 5, he tied it to the dogs tail.
Oh my word!
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We’ve had lots of tampon talks. Fun times.
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This is so funny! You handled it very well!
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Awesome. I’m glad I have a few years before I have to deal with that conversation.
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Yikes, that makes me sweat just reading that. HAHA!
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