Mum, whats a...?
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Topic: Mum, whats a...?
Posted By: Leish
Subject: Mum, whats a...?
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:21pm
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I have had two of these questions that kinda took my breath away today. The first went like this:
Christopher: Mum, whats a c**t? Me:  (thinking OMG did my son really just say the C word?? I don't even say the C word. Did he really just say what I thought he did and what on earth am I gonna say... Why is it the holidays... Why do they have holidays... Arrrrggghhh someone save me - please mum ring me now. )
Christopher: Mum? Me: Ummm where did you hear that word? Christopher: At school. What does it mean? Me: (why isn't that damn phone ringing yet  )
The second question went like this Christopher: Mum, whats a smear test? Me:  (Oh God not again...)
Christopher: Mum? Me: (Why oh why did I leave that reminder by the phone...) What tricky questions have you had to answer lately. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:24pm
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in the car the other day, completely random
"mummy why do babies come out of their mummies bottoms?" " sweetie i have explained to you that that is where babies leave the mummys tummy" (we went through all of this when jordis was born) "no, not all babies, some come out of the tummys, the doctor takes them out" NO idea who told her about c sections! clever miss 3 ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:26pm
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OMG I dread those questions, I work in childcare and we get some akward ones, only we can say, "you need to talk to your mummy about that" this week i had "what happens if your testicles fall off" from a 3 year old...
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:26pm
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ooh and of course there was the great condom conversation..... ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:29pm
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Ohhhhh Lyla - I remember condom conversations. That was all kinds of uncomfortable-ness.
And Natalie - I wonder what on earth made that poor little boy think of that ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:35pm
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yeah I am thinking "if you dont leave it alone it will fall off........... ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:37pm
LOL!!! I should tell Noah that cos he has taken to grabbing a good handful of his whenever I take off his nappy  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:46pm
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ohhhh Leish! That's difficult ... but so funny hehehe
Out of interest, what were your answers?? Were they honest? If so, how on earth would you word them... Very carefully?!!?? |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 9:55pm
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Well, I started off by telling him that the C word is the most worse swear word out of all of them. I told him that it was far worse than the F word and that it was a word that people don't even really use cos it was so bad. I told him that it was kinda gross. I didn't feel that he really understood how bad it was so I said:
Me: You know how D**k is a kinda bad word for penis? Christopher: Yea Me: Well, that word is the same but for females and it is way way worse than D**k. Christopher:  Ewwww gross. Why would anyone ever say that?
Me: (phew) And for the second one Me: Its a special test for women Christopher: Enough said. I don't want to know any more. LOL!! I think he was still grossed out about the first question. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:05pm
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LMAO!!!! That is a crack up Leish, Welldone Mercedes: Where is Fay's penis??? hahaha crack me up when Claire told me... I cant remember what the rest of the conversation went like lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:16pm
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Ohhhh thats so funny Kels. Mercedes is such a sweetie. I remember when Christopher asked me where my penis was. Hrrrmmmmmmm ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:26pm
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ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! Stop it hahahaha that is HILARIOUS ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:28pm
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I haven't had any from Andrew yet he's quite good with the Andrew, Josh and daddy have a pepee but mummy doesn't, but my friend had the death question from her 6 year old step son. That was really hard. We took him to the cemetery and explained that when people die they go and live there but you can't see them anymore. We didn't go into cremation (that will be for another time) as the thought of telling a 6 year old your body gets burnt wouldn't go down well . Her dad died about 10 years ago and was cremated but has just told him that he is in a different country (which is kinda true as his ashes were split and a bit of him was taken to OZ). ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:39pm
 Kels
yeah Becks the death one is pretty tough and I so wouldn't go in to cremation with a 6 year old. The whole death thing is hard enough on them. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:41pm
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Funny thing with it thou after we explained it to him he hasn't asked again about it it's coming up 2 years since the first conversation. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:52pm
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When Lesieli is younger her and her cousins were in bed talking one night when they were suppose to be asleep, So i got up to tell them to SHUT UP lol and I heard this: Lesieli: the egg shoots up the digestive system and cracks open and its a baby LOL I was crying I was laughing to myself soo much hahaha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 10:55pm
LOL - Im crying now!!! I mean seriously crying. The tears are streaming down my face. Oh man. That is sooo funny. They need a smiley with a smiley face AND tears  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 11:04pm
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Oh Becks I think I must have missed your post there. I think you must have done such a good job of explaining that he didn't need it to be re-hashed. You have to make things understandable for them aye and I think that a lot of the time that is the toughest part of answering the difficult questions. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 11:14pm
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hehe I got you back for making me nearly wee ma panties lol. lesieli was 6yr at the time and her cousin was 5yr. I just love kids conversations!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 11:24pm
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Christopher: Mum, so puberty is when a boy starts changing in to a man aye Me: Yea, pretty much Christopher: So is periods the same as puberty but for girls? Me: (cough, splutter, cough, cough again for good measure) Ummm, no, not exactly. Girls go through puberty too and periods are a part of that 
Christopher: So whats periods? Me: Didn't I just answer that question?
Christopher: No, if you answered I wouldn't still be asking Me: Oh ok. Well... Well... Hmmmmm.... How do I put this... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 11:30pm
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Hahahaha Im sending Alize there when hes older and starts asking cos you'll be well experienced by then Go CHristopher!!! Your giving mum heart failure...Luv it!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 06 July 2007 at 8:23am
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Good job, mamas! Christopher sounds like he's got a good head on his shoulders with the whole "enough said" comment hehehe! He sounds very matter-of-fact.
OMG Kels that 'digestive system' story is hilarious!!!
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 06 July 2007 at 8:46am
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From the 4 year old.
Mum: how did the baby get into your tummy? Mum: how does the baby get out of your tummy? Mum: how did we get here? ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 July 2007 at 9:57am
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Go Christopher! LOL Tough questions but my DH didn't really know what a period was until he got the nerve to ask me one day (while we were going out)... his mum left it to his dad to tell him and well his dad got chicken ROFL!
We had the death thing, a close friend's husband died about a year ago and we had to explain it to Hannah (2yo) that we wouldn't be seeing him anymore. We told her he has died and gone to heaven and he's really happy there, but it's a bit sad for us and Mrs Sylvie (his wife, Hannah's devoted adopted 'aunt'). She STILL says to us that her doll's dad has died (died in a sad voice) blah blah blah.... the story is getting very old now. She hasn't spoken about Alan, I don't even know if she really remembers why she got the 'death talk', but she isn't worried about it. ------------- |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 06 July 2007 at 11:30pm
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I remember my good friends wee girl who is the same age as Kobe asking why he had a tail and she didnt.
And just after I had Addison my 4yr old neice asked me how Addison came out of my tummy. I was thinking hmmm now what should I say here when she said 'did the doctor take her out of your tummy' I thought yeah sounds good to me, save the actual details for her mum to explain. She must have been thinking about it still though cos 5 minutes later she said 'did they use glue to fix the hole in your tummy' My other 4yr old neice who's parents are a doctor and nurse so she is used to medical stuff announced that she doesnt believe babies come out of your bottom cos thats to gross and they wont fit. |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 9:12am
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LOL my2angels. A tail. Thats funny.
Christopher didn't believe us when we told him where the babies come out from. He thought it was impossible so we explained to him that the mummy had to work really hard to get the baby out and that it was very painful and could sometimes take hours and hours. He had a think about it and then came up to me and thanked me for "getting him out". ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 9:20am
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I was going to tell Hannah, if she asked (but she didn't), that the baby gets out of your tummy by crawling through a special baby tunnel
But Hannah was a c/s so I have just stuck with that story so far: the doctors opened up my tummy and pulled you out! Then when I was about to have Krystiana she started asking questions like, "who's going to hold you on the bed?" "Ummm why will someone need to hold me on the bed Hannah?" "When the doctor pulls the baby out of your tummy.... but Daddy will cuddle you." Oh boy. Now I don't know what she's thinking ------------- |
Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 6:31pm
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Is anyone else thinking of Aliens right now? ------------- Defending the male species since 1980
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 9:23pm
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LOL Chovynz - yep I was ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 4:36pm
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LOL. Kids say the funniest things. I used to teach new entrants and got some pretty random questions and statements. Sooo cute though!
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:01pm
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haha this thread is a crackup i love it !
caitlyns version of sex... " the boy takes off his top but leaves his pants on and the girl takes off her skirt and top but leaves her bra and knickers on then they dance around " ooooh what exciting sex that would be ! she also said the other day " mummy - i saw daddys penis when he was in the shower" (me ) " oh really?" Caitlyn -" yeah its really big-nearly down to the floor, but not quite" (me very faintly out of her earshot) " bit of an overstatement sweetheart, i have seen it before you know " |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 6:23pm
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HAHAHA nearly to the floor! If he had heard, he might have liked that compliment! ------------- |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:28pm
LOL - to the floor  Caitlyn has the funniest things to say. She is super cute.------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:33pm
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"Nearly to the floor" LMAO!!! That is so funnny ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |