too many questions...

okay...so now jacob knows the "actual" difference between boys and girls.

the other day jordyn was sitting on my lap (eating green beans for a snack-completely irrelevant to this story) and all the sudden i feel a warm trickle on my leg. (it wasn't ME!). so i looked and sure enough, she had leaked out of her diaper.

i took her over to our normal spot to change her and jacob was watching. he heard me talking to her and talking about her leaking...he looked down and very casually said, "she leaked because her penis is facing the wrong way."

now...i could have left it at that. and in hindsight, maybe i should have. but i've vowed to not disguise this from my kids. obviously, i want it to be age appropriate. but i do think he's old enough to know the difference...not that i would have EVER offered the information without his causing it. (now, let's see if i can remember this accurately)

so...after a few seconds of thought i said, "well, she doesn't have a penis honey."
"she doesn't?"
"no, she's a girl. girls don't have penises."
"how do they pee then?"

this was the hard part. do i go on...do i just kind of leave it. do i hope a better cartoon comes on and distracts him (as it normally would)?

so i continued,
"well, girls have vagina's."
"vagina's?"
"yes, that's what they are called."
"oh"

a few minutes later he added (as jordyn was up and playing), "but jordyn looks like a boy."

so...right or wrong...he now knows that girls have vagina's and boys have penises.

have i mentioned lately how much i love being a mom? i love being the one responsible for making this little humans into responsible, respectable big humans. i'm scared to death!!!