Monday - That's My Boy
Aug. 21st, 2006 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninanevermoreToday on my drive into work, I was thinking about what my son's daycare teacher told me when I picked him up on Friday.
"He keeping taking out his pee-pee and showing it to the little girls," she said.
I put my hand on my forehead and tried to hide behind it.
"Oh, God, I'm sorry. He's just started showing it off. I'm sorry." I don't know why I was so mortified -- this woman works with toddlers and this can't be anything she hasn't seen before.
"I just ask him to put it away and pull up his pants, and he usually does," I said helpfully. This is what he does for me, at least. I had no idea what he does in front of potential girlfriends.
"Oh, don't worry about it. We get him dressed again and he's fine. I'll pick him up and hold him and talk to him about it, and he just wants to cuddle. He's very sweet. I just thought you should know what he's been up to."
"Thanks. I mean, I'm sorry. It's just something he's, you know, going through right now."
She said she understood.
I mulled over what she had described: my son walking up to a group of girls holding the glory of his masculinity in his hand, his demeanor saying, "Hey, look at this! Isn't this thing awesome? Okay, now that you've seen it, somebody hold me."
At not quite 2 years old, I know this is normal, if not socially acceptable, behavior. If he's still at it as a teenager, I'll have to have a talk with him.
Jeff, was dismayed, then pragmatic about it.
"Our baby is a pervert," he groaned.
"Yeah, but he's a sweet pervert," I said, "He likes to cuddle afterward."
"At least he's showing it off to little girls," Jeff mused, "I guess this means there's a good chance we'll have grandchildren some day."
Well, yes, there is that. And here I couldn't find the bright side to this story.
"He keeping taking out his pee-pee and showing it to the little girls," she said.
I put my hand on my forehead and tried to hide behind it.
"Oh, God, I'm sorry. He's just started showing it off. I'm sorry." I don't know why I was so mortified -- this woman works with toddlers and this can't be anything she hasn't seen before.
"I just ask him to put it away and pull up his pants, and he usually does," I said helpfully. This is what he does for me, at least. I had no idea what he does in front of potential girlfriends.
"Oh, don't worry about it. We get him dressed again and he's fine. I'll pick him up and hold him and talk to him about it, and he just wants to cuddle. He's very sweet. I just thought you should know what he's been up to."
"Thanks. I mean, I'm sorry. It's just something he's, you know, going through right now."
She said she understood.
I mulled over what she had described: my son walking up to a group of girls holding the glory of his masculinity in his hand, his demeanor saying, "Hey, look at this! Isn't this thing awesome? Okay, now that you've seen it, somebody hold me."
At not quite 2 years old, I know this is normal, if not socially acceptable, behavior. If he's still at it as a teenager, I'll have to have a talk with him.
Jeff, was dismayed, then pragmatic about it.
"Our baby is a pervert," he groaned.
"Yeah, but he's a sweet pervert," I said, "He likes to cuddle afterward."
"At least he's showing it off to little girls," Jeff mused, "I guess this means there's a good chance we'll have grandchildren some day."
Well, yes, there is that. And here I couldn't find the bright side to this story.
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Date: 2006-08-21 10:06 pm (UTC)Yes, he is normal, and I'm not ungrateful. It's just a matter of teaching him to keep it put away during school hours, and visits with the grandparents, and trips to the grocery store...etc. He's just very impressed with this new toy he's discovered (bonus - sometimes it even squirts water!) and eager to show it off. Maybe he's notice during diaper changing time that the little girls don't seem to have one, and that's why he's offering to share...