The questions begin...
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Topic: The questions begin...
Posted By: Maya
Subject: The questions begin...
Date Posted: 28 June 2005 at 2:13pm
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Maya has entered the delighful "questions" stage, where every second thing that comes out of her mouth is a question. Yesterday it was "Where is that bus going" "Why is that man wearing a singlet like Daddy's" "Why are you cleaning up my toys?" and so on and so on. Exhausting, but I am kind of stoked, she is beginning to question how her world works.
She is also learning about responsibility for her actions. Yesterday I asked her to clean up her toys and she said "But I didn't make the mess Mama" And I said "Yes you did" to which she responded "You did, Mama made the mess!" Cheeky monkey! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 28 June 2005 at 2:56pm
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Sophie's favourite is asking "whats that" to every noise she hears ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 June 2005 at 4:02pm
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Kiya's favourite is "Why does..." to and about everything! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: melz
Date Posted: 28 June 2005 at 4:30pm
| We get questions like "where do coughs go when the come out of your mouth" and "why are there clouds in the sky when there weren't any before" ..she could answer that one herself by saying that the wind blows and so the weather changes. Good I thought, got myself out of that one...til she came up with "but why does the wind blow.... |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 10:43am
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We got "What are .... made of?" for everything you can think of! Thank goodness Nathaniel is a science teacher - eventually, though the answers got down to "cells" (for living things) and "atoms" (for non-living things). ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 1:45pm
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ha ha. The other day Alyssa called a dolphin a fish. Rob said no dolpins are mammels so now she says Dolphin its a Cammel. Trust her father to confuse things. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 4:42pm
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lolol. I read somewhere that the average 2/3/4 yr old asks up to 500 questions a day.
My niece used to come up with funny reasoning for things.. she once told her dad it was a sun shower when she saw it raining... he looked outside, the sky was black as black - so he asked "why do you think it's a sun shower?" her answer was "cos it's sunday daddy!" she was a bout 4 then. shes 8 now and she still cracks us up with things she comes out with. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 5:47pm
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LOL one of the Mum's at Playcentre was telling me that her 3 1/2 year old asked her how the baby comes out of Mum's tummy, and then 'How did the baby get in mum's tummy'. At 3 and a half!!! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 30 June 2005 at 4:50pm
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Kiya asked that just before she turned 3! At least she was happy with "Mummys and Daddys make the baby there"... until just before Josiah was born, when she asked "How does Daddy make a baby in your tummy, Mum?" I told her I'd tell her when she was 10. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 30 June 2005 at 10:48pm
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LMAO,my mates 6 yr old sister has a cute description of how babies r made.it involves a tadpole,an egg and growing in mums tum then comes out her u no wot.so i guess that is kinda a good description for a child that age????? I guess i will have those questions fromHarmony in a few yrs time ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 July 2005 at 2:09pm
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My sis is pretty open with her kids. not to a gross extent, but she tells it like it is etc.. her 8 yr old knows about periods etc in simple terms, and well, living on a farm, both kids know the basics of birds/bees etc lol.. anyways, once, they stopped at a service station and dad went in to get some condoms and pay for petrol etc.. britty wanted to know why she couldn't go in too.. mel just said oh, dad's buying condoms. so when dad comes back out to the car. brit goes to him.. don't be embarassed dad.. we know you were buying condoms. she doesn't know what they are for exactly, but it was funny. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 July 2005 at 5:59pm
| Mum told me about sex when I was about seven, but I was a loud-mouthed child who insited on giving lectures about it to people, like the supermarket checkout ladies and such |
Posted By: Southlandmummy
Date Posted: 01 July 2005 at 10:21pm
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Oh all those questions to look forward to..
Cant Wait  ------------- Cindy - Princess and Princes Samia Isobel Joy born 9th September 2008 Spencer Graeme John born 29th May 2006 Kaylin Gavin Robert born 19 December 2004 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 9:43am
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Kiya knows about periods, just the basics and that I'll tell her more when she's a bit older and can understand it a bit better.
It got to the point during the pregnancy where I'd go to the bathroom and she'd follow me (no privacy with a little kid!) and ask what I was doing, and if I was bleeding still, and did I need my tampons, and... by that stage I was ready to yell at her until she left the room! Helpful kid, but still! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 4:57pm
| haha Yeah... can't wait! |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 9:52pm
I remember being about 5 when I learnt about periods, I was like Kiya I suppose and just followed mum into the bathroom all the time etc. I come from a family where we really speak openly about everything but when I think about having to tell my wee one things...  Mind you as a primary school teacher I have had interesting conversations with other peoples kids!!------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 10:06am
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I can't actually remember talking about periods, I just always 'knew' so I must have been told somewhere along the line, but I definitely remember the birds and the bees, I was about 8.
And definitely not ready to explain it all to Maya until she is at least 25! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 1:55pm
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yers, apparently our girls will be locked up in a tower till they are 30. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 4:28pm
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My Mum said a good guideline for when to have "the talk" - at least the technical side - with a little girl is to look at when you got your first period, when your sisters got their first, and when your mum got her first, then use the average age as a guide.
This way they shouldn't be caught by surprise when they get their first period. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 8:37pm
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yep - these days they get it so much earlier too because of lots of different things - better nutrition and a whole lot of hormonal stuff too. I read somewhere that all the images of relationships and sexuality on tv these days can kick start a child's hormones etc even before they are actually consciously aware of what it is about.. pretty scary stuff - ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 9:55pm
| I read something about the hormones in chickens causing girls to get breatss earlier. that may or may not have been in a novel though. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 11:41am
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I've heard that chicken hormone thing somewhere too, could be one of those urban myths? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 1:08pm
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Mona got her first period on her 9th birthday. I took her to a paediatric endocrinologist to make sure everything was ok as sometimes early puberty can be a sign of a tumour, but after a CT scan etc. everything was normal. The specialist said it is just diet and the way we are developing, but he seemed to think the chicken hormones thing was a bit of a storm in a teacup. Either way, I felt so sorry for Mona, it's such a hard thing to cope with at 9. We had talked to her about periods etc. so she knew what it was but she really had no idea of the other things that go along with it like personal hygiene etc. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 4:23pm
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i remember when i got my first period - not what age tho - but i remember thinking that you only got it once and that was that... oh to be young and naive again... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 4:53pm
| Yeah, I thought the same thing. I was 11 and that was bad enough. 9!!! POor girl! |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 6:07pm
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I didn't get mine until I was 13, my sister got hers at 12, but Mum got hers at 9. Thats why I'll tell Kiya when she's 10 - so she's prepared.
A girlfriend of mine at high school first got hers at 9. She said it was really weird until her hormones caught up properly and she started puberty at age 11. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 July 2005 at 9:28pm
| hey, those of you with boys, when will you tell them about periods? I only just thought about it right now. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 9:45am
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My brother is 12 and I think he must know about them. (With two sisters and 3 step-sisters I would hope he's figured out why we get unreasonably grumpy every few weeks!)
I think they get info from school at intermediate age, so unless you specifically want them to know earlier, I guess you could just ask them about what they learnt on their 'sex ed' programme. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 10:59am
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The problem with Mona was that puberty had started at about 7 1/2, we had to buy her first bra at 8 because she was getting teased at school. But she was so unprepared emotionally, and also her hormones were all over the place so she would have really heavy periods that lasted for weeks and she got really anaemic, and then she wouldn't have one at all for a few months. Public Health tried to force us to put her on the Pill to regulate it but we refused, I was worried about it affecting her fertility later on if she starts the Pill so young, and also the whol "licence to have sex" thing - she might think that being on the Pil l makes it ok. Things have settled down a bit now tho for her which is good. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nadine05
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 1:23pm
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My older boys know about periods (age 10, 9) and even my 5year old has an idea. I have found that with ads on tv for tampons/pads etc they do ask very early. I just say that the special place that the baby grows in inside a lady gets ready every month and if a baby doesnt grow in there that month the cosy lining comes out as blood. They are happy with that. Mind you my 3 older boys were at the birth of their youngest brother and so we are pretty open and honest about the process! They will be at the birth of their sister soon too
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 3:28pm
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That sounds like a good way to explain it though! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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