twinkle in my eye

“Where do babies come from?”  

Those 5 words strike terror in most moms’ minds.  I still don’t know when to have “the talk” with Zach.

Lucky for me, Luke has it all figured out.

Luke spent the day with his best friend Andrew last weekend.  He came home with some new information about where babies come from.

“You get a twinkle in your eye, and then the baby comes out of your eye.”

Ouch!

I asked about babies being in bellies.  He has seen pictures of me showing off my belly the night before he was born.

He was unswayed by the evidence - it was a “true story”.

I couldn’t wait to ask Paula, Andrew’s mom, about this.  She laughed and said she told her kids she had three twinkles in her eyes (she has three children).  When her kids ask if they can have a baby brother or sister, she has them look in her eyes for more twinkles.  No more twinkles, so no more babies.

Her only daughter is always asking her how many twinkles she has in her eyes.  She can’t wait to be a mama (she is only 6).

I told Paula that she is probably messing up her daughter.  When she grows up, she’ll always hear her mother in the back of her mind, telling her how many twinkles are in her eyes.  She’ll never feel complete until she has that many babies.

I knew where babies came from by 1st grade.  An older neighborhood girl had just found out and couldn’t wait to share her new knowledge.  I was horrified (I think she was too).

Zach is in 2nd grade and still doesn’t have a clue.  Do I just wait until he asks?

Life is so much easier in Luke’s mind.  You get a twinkle, you get a baby.

True story.

 

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