Thursday, May 29, 2008

Doll with a Penis

Greyson has been wanting to diaper his Bevo lately, so I got him this Baby Bottom doll (aptly named style:"White Boy"). He was unimpressed with the little penis, but is obsessively wiping the little brown dot which is apparently an anus. We were delighted to find a little puckered belly button under the shirt. But here are a few things that I can't help but wonder:
1. Why have a penis, a butthole, and a belly button, but no nipples? Seriously?
2. Why pucker the belly button, but not the anus?
Surely other mothers have the same concerns.

We did have an interesting back and forth at storytime:
"Baby penis."
"Yes."
"Greyson penis."
"Yes, Greyson has a penis, too."
"Daddy penis."
"Why yes, you're right - Daddy has a penis, too!"
(By this point I know where we're headed)
"Mommy penis."
"No, Mommy doesn't have a penis."
"Mommy penis?"
"No, only boys have a penis."
"Mommy penis."
"No, Mommy is a girl and Daddy and Greyson are boys. Only boys have a penis."
"Baby penis."
"Yes."

I will chalk that up as healthy mother-son sexuality conversation #3. Yes, we have had the "Mommy hair?" (down there) and the "What's that?" (breasts) conversations many times.

So Greyson had a great time smashing "Baby" into soccer balls, tennis balls, footballs, bouncy balls, basketballs, whiffle balls, etc. Hmm...now that I write that I wonder about the penis-balls connection. But isn't that something all women wonder about at one point or another?

While Greyson plays, I will be over here digging through my Sharpies and pondering. Nipples???? Hmmmmm.....Pink or brown? Pink or brown?

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