Surprise Attack Before Coffee
A series of conversations with Quinn this morning that left me, well, speechless….
Quinn: If Daddy, you and me die who will live in our house?
Me: ??!!
Q: Because somebody has to live in our house, huh, Mommy?
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Quinn: When I grow up I be a daddy, huh, Mommy?
Me: If you have a child you will be.
Q: Well, Daddy’s big and he’s a boy. I’m a boy, but I’m still little. So when I’m big I’ll be a daddy.
M: Okay. (You can’t argue with the logic of a four year old)
Q: And I will watch the baby be born. I will see the baby come out of the mommy’s tummy. But who will be the mommy and who will be the kid?
M: The mommy will be the woman you fall in love with and marry. We don’t know who the kid will be. You and the mommy will make the baby.
Q: Will we paint the baby?
Me: No.
Q: Well, how we make the baby? And how we put the baby in the mommy’s tummy?
M: The baby grows inside the mommy. (I said over my shoulder as I conveniently ran downstairs for something)
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Quinn: Mommy, I’m big and I live in a different house, how I get there because I not drive a car?
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July 17th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Wow, that’s an intense conversation…
The “Will we paint the baby?” part nearly had me falling out of my chair. That’s a classic.
Diversion tactics are necessary under these circumstances!
July 17th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
You know, I try to be as frank and candid as possible with Quinn. For instance, today in the car he asked “Mommy, will I be able to talk in Heaven?” I just matter of factly said “I don’t know. I’ve never been to heaven.” Thankfully he accepted this as a reasonable answer.
But there are times when diversion is the only course of action to be taken. Full stop.