So last night as the twins were getting ready for their bath, I overheard my son making the following remark to his twin sister; "No you have NIPPLES, I have NICKELS!" I had to laugh and that followed with the thought how in the hell did he learn that word. Regardless it was the funny, because he was dead serious. They were both arguing back and forth, until I came into the bathroom. My son looked up at me dead serious, and wide eyed. "Mommy tell Peanut (my daughters nickname) that I have nickels." On the edge of correcting him I just told them they both had "nickels". The last thing I need is both of them at school passing on to fellow classmates they had nipples. I don't think the principal wants to pull me in her office to have that discussion with me and I don't want to explain how they picked that word up. Since I have no clue, I would have the deer in the headlights look. They are growing up so fast and soon it will be time to have the "talk" with them. I am so NOT looking forward to that. I remember when my grandma tried to have that convo with me. With her being a nurse, her answer was to pull out this HUGE book and show me pictures. I got a clinical view that's for sure. I plan on doing better than all that with my own children. With HIV and teen pregnancies statistics so high, you really have to get down to their level. I am still laughing about it all, because now when I hear the word nipples, I picture two big ole shiny nickles.
