2 year olds. What is it about 2 year olds? They have no filter & can’t be taken anywhere. When I take Roman anywhere, he is full of questions and has so many thoughts and he’s not shy about expressing them. He’s curious about everything and well, just awesome in my opinion. Until the other day he did something not so awesome. I had an apt. with the dermatologist. Acne at 28. Anyway, we were in the waiting room when an older woman, maybe 65/70, walked out of one of the rooms and into the waiting room. It was clear that the Dr. had removed something from her face. The woman had cream or oil on her face and a bandage on her cheek. And then, she spotted my Roman (as most old ladies do) and I immediately got nervous (because Roman doesn’t have a filter right now) ”Well, hi there handsome!” She started conversation. Oh no. I knew this wouldn’t go as planned. “WHAT’S ON YOUR CHEEK!” he shouted in a high pitched voice. At that moment, there had to of been at least 8 other people in the waiting room not including the 3 receptionists at the desk. ”Roman.” I said. The lady bent down, “Well that’s a boo boo and I have bandage on.” and she smiled. In my head I’m thinking, “Please leave woman. Tell him he’s cute, I’ll tell him to say ‘thank you mam’ and be on your way.” But just as I thought that, Roman tilted his little head, batted his long, beautiful eye lashes (these eye lashes)…
and replied, “You have a Hagina?”
(that would be vagina pronounced with an ‘H’ – not a spelling error)
Seriously, somebody shoot me now. I quickly say, “ROMAN. NO. NO. Roman! I’m sorry mam, he’s learning. He’s 2. He’s learning the difference between girls and boys. I’m sorry…. Oh, ROMAN.” I wanted to crawl under the chair. Where’s the nurse??? Please come and call my name. And woman with the bandage and oil on your face, PLEASE LEAVE!!! The waiting room went from SILENCE to GIGGLES to SILENCE to small chit chat again. Good Lord.
“Angelique?” called the nurse. – Thank the Lord on High
We got back to the room and I said to Roman, “Roman, we do not to ask people about their body. We keep our private parts private and we don’t talk about them with anyone other than mommy or daddy. That’s bad. Don’t ever do that again. Do you understand?” He looked at me (again, with those lashes) and said, “Mommy? You have a hagina?” Sternly, I answered, “YES ROMAN. Girls have a vagina & boys have a penis. No more talking about it.”
Just like that, it was the end of hagina talk. I had my appointment, we walked to Uncle Anthony’s Pizza Shop and there was no more talk of haginas. Well, until Nana visited later in the week… I guess he needed to check with her too.
I laughed so hard, I’m in tears and about to pee my pants at the same time. I’m not laughing at your embarrassment though, I’ve been there, and it’s no fun, when it’s actually happening. At 1, my now 11 year old grabbed another woman’s breast, thinking he could nurse off her. The things kids say…
Oh Cheyene! Now THAT made me lol
Kids are so funny but sometimes the things they say (and do in your case) are SO embarrassing!!! Thanks for reading!
I’m placing my bet now, Roman is going to grow up to be an OB/GYN!!! Don’t worry, I’ve heard kids do worse. I grew up with a kid who couldn’t pronounce FIRE TRUCK, I won’t print what he use to say, but I think you get the picture. His mother use to cringe every time she heard the fire trucks on a call, because sure enough, he would get all excited and yell out, “Look mom, it’s a F*** Truck!!!” He’ll grow out of it!!
hahahaha OH Mary! OB/GYN wouldn’t be a bad profession at all
And, I think I can handle this story better than if he couldn’t pronounce Fire Truck! lol
Lol, this made me laugh! It reminds me of the movie Kindergarden Cop…”boys have penises and girls have vaginas!”. Lol! He’s too cute!
YES!!! Loved that part of the movie… Hilarious!
That’s so funny and cute! Don’t worry about it, things could be worse, right? Roman is such a smart boy. He will exercise more restraint as he grows up, I’m sure
Absolutely could be worse, you know like if he would have asked her if he could see it! LOL My, Roman!!! Time will tell if he exercises more restraint
Thanks for reading!
I am laughing so hard! Oh, how I miss their cute little faces. :]
hehe We miss you!!!
LOL! This was hilarious! I’ve been there with Alexa many times… from peoples boo boos… clothes… skin… everything! I can only imagine what questions my boys will ask!
Roman is too cute!
This is the cutest thing and you handled it quite well might I add!
Hehehe Roman definitely gives me a good run but I’m madly in love with him!
Thanks for reading Nykiah!
My husband and I just laughed hysterically at this post! You poor woman… I can’t imagine your embarassment and panic. But, you’ll never forget about it and laugh about it forever!