Tobin's Mind

Here's a little story for you...

Yesterday I took Tobin to the library for our bi-weekly visit to get more books. We were looking at the cookbook section and Tobin was getting restless to get to the children's section. All of a sudden he stops, looks at my face, and points saying "awww, Mommy, you have an owie" while pointing out an obvious zit on my cheek. I tell him that it's just a pimple and that it doesn't hurt.

Five minutes later, after a quiet spell from Tobin, he says in his loud, toddler voice that seems to carry for miles "Mommy, you have a nipple??" I was so embarrassed and shocked that he uttered such a taboo word that I start explaining that we only use those kinds of words in private with one another, it's not an appropriate word in public (just like his favorite "potty" words).

We get home from the library and Tobin starts to tell Matt about our trip to the library and tells him that "Mommy has a nipple" while pointing at my face. Then it clicks that in his little, sweet mind, he confused "pimple" with another part of human anatomy. Wow...I love being a parent!