I have heard this question from my three-year-old before, but this time it was a little different. My stock answer of, “Daddy’s and little boys have a penis and mommy’s and little girls don’t.” was not cutting it this time. He wanted to know and proceeded to look, even giving me a slight grab. When I told him once again, mommies don’t have a penis, he told me that he needed a new mommy that has a penis. Hmmm, I informed him that I am quite sure his daddy is very happy with mommy the way she is and wouldn’t agree with him.

When this interesting conversation took place, I was in the process of getting dressed. I walk freely around both of my boys in my underwear; because lets face it, I don’t have any privacy with a three and two-year-old. I do my best not to let them see me naked at this stage in their life. Not so much because I think that it is wrong, just uncomfortable. Plus, what better way to ward of awkward questions by not letting them see me naked, right? Uh, wrong. There will still be preschool and I’m sure adolescent inquiries into the makeup of the human body. However, by the time the next round of questions come, hopefully my little guy will realize how lucky he is to have a mommy without so much testosterone.