There’s A Baby In Your Belly
Nope, I’m not pregnant, but I just had the most hilarious conversation with Clara ever and I had to document it. Since we just returned from visiting Katie (who does have a baby in her belly) Clara has been really into the whole prego/baby thing. So as I was carrying her to bed last night it was no surprise when she said “there’s a baby in your belly” to me since we talked about Katie’s belly the last few days. Here’s how it went down:
Clara (with one hand casually placed on my boob): There’s a baby in your belly.
Mommy: There’s a baby in Miss Katie’s belly, but there’s no baby in mommy’s belly.
Clara (casually puts other hand on my other boob): There’s two babies in your belly!
Mommy: (unintelligible laughter)
Clara: Yay! Two babies!
Mommy: Those aren’t babies, those are boobies! (Ever since Clara breastfed I called them that- don’t ask me why)
Clara: Oh! Those ARE boobies! Yay, two boobies!
Thankfully she was happy as a clam about the babies-to-boobies conversion. John and I aren’t quite ready to start trying yet (more on part of that reason here), so it was sweet to know that as long as I have two boobies, Clara’s ecstatic. Haha. Anyone else have a kids-say-the-darndest-things story to tell? Or are you still laughing about the babies in my boobies?
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My niece came to the hospital to visit me after my daughter was born and when she gave me a hug she said “is there another baby in there?” When I said no she responded with “well then why are you still fat?” Haha Good thing she’s only 7. ;-)
Haha, that totally could have happened to me for months! That bump takes a while to go down!
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My grandparents just made a graduation video for my brother and the first scene is a video of my sister asking my mom the same question while my mom held my brother in the hospital! What a sweetheart.
Ahh, I love that! I’m glad you’re able to document the funny things Clara says and does.
My latest funny thing from my snack-loving, seven year old son, was when I was watching a documentary on Amish folk. My son has put up with me and my Little House obsession in the past few years, so when he saw the footage on telly of people with horses and wagons, he said, “Are you watching Laura and the Pringles again?”
I roared with laughter.
Haha, so funny!
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No kids for me yet but I have a much younger sister (15 years) and had to take her for one of her swim lessons when I was 17 or so. Apparently I must have been bloated in my suit that day because she accused me of having a baby in my belly. The actual moms there that day gave me the biggest glare thinking I was a teen mom with a second on the way!
Oh no! How mortifying! I’m trying to convince Clara that we don’t say someone has a baby in the belly unless we know for sure (ex: they tell us). Could make for some embarrassing interactions if she’s telling strangers they all have babies in there…
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Oh Jason does that all the time! Or he’ll say about someone overweight, “Big!” Eek!
Okay, that story just made my morning. Kids can be so cute/hilarious :)
Watch out! My then-almost-two-year-old once told me I had a baby in my belly. (it was more random than what Clara said, though). The baby is due in August. :)
Haha, that’s too funny! I’m definitely not prego though (as in, feminine hygiene products are in current use). TMI?
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I was totally thinking the same thing as Andrea. When my second son was 4 he just walked into the kitchen one day and came over and hugged my stomach and told me there was a baby in there. I laughed and told him that there was definitely not a baby in there. The next day, he did it again, but this time told me not only was there a baby in there, but that God had told him that it was a girl. I repeately told him that there was no baby in there and if there was it would for sure not be a girl (there hadn’t been any girls on my husband’s side of the family in over 4 generations!). Guess what?! He was right! We had a baby girl 8 months later! It still blows me away that he somehow knew.
That’s amazing!
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Yes, my nephew said the same thing about me to my sister. When he was about 6 years old they were out shopping and she saw something and said “that would be so cute for someone having a baby, but I don’t know anyone having a baby.” To which he responded “Destiny is having a baby” I was pregnant, but had not told a soul other than my husband. How do they know these things?
Wow- that’s awesome!
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Long time reader, but first time commenting…
I breastfed by son, who is about a week younger than Clara, for 21 whole months! Now he has an obsession with my nipples. I think it’s just a comfort thing, but he can get a little handsy, which is awkward. I’ve had to tell him “Mommy’s nipples off limits” which he has since repeated to my mom, day care teachers, family, etc. So embarrassing!! And it doesn’t even keep his hands away half the time anyway, haha.
My 2 year old daughter has really started to notice boy-vs.-girl parts since our son was born 2 months ago. As I had been changing her diapers, she would talk about a “mox”. Thought she was talking gibberish two year old babble…well, a few days later I said, “Sophie, where is this mox?” She very purposefully pointed right at her crotch. “Mox!” she said as she patted her diaper. We’ve now moved on to the correct terminology; Mama and Sophie have “ginas”, and Daddy, brother Beck, and dog Buck have “peen as.” Two year olds are fun!
Well. . . there IS a baby in my belly and I have morning sickness like crazy. My little one (20 months) is very into imitating us if we sneeze or cough. Yesterday morning she followed me into the bathroom while I got sick. Afterwards I was brushing my teeth and looked over and she was clutching the sides of the toilet and fake puking. Awesome.
Oh man, I so remember those days! And I didn’t even have a baby around while I tossed my cookies every morning. You have my deepest sympathies!
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That is hilarious! The imitating part, not the other of course. :-)
Clara is so cute and will be a great big sister! When our son was about 7 years old, he wanted us to have another baby as he wanted a brother. He already had a 2 year old sister. I told him that when I had his sister, the doctors fixed it so I couldn’t have any more children! The next words out of his mouth as he folded his hands and bowed his head, “Dear Jesus, please heal my mommy so that she can have another baby and that it be a brother for me!”
No kids for me either, but there’s this story in my family that when my youngest brother was born and I was 4.5yrs, I went to the local dairy farmer the next day to pick up our milk order and proudly proclaimed to anybody who would listen “It happened yesterday! It happened yesterday!”
I’m an SLP and work with little ones so I get some entertaining stories on a daily basis. Just the other day a little boy told me I need to start wearing some lip gloss and a dress to look pretty. And some eyelashes too. Then the next day was angry I was still not in a dress and lip gloss!
My Mason (2 years and 8 Months) is pretty into me breastfeeding his little bro Owen (8 months). I also work so I have to pump. Often I find Mason in my “pump chair” with the pumping shields on his chest claiming he is pumping Owen’s milk. Plus when we are doing our nighttime routine, we ALL, even Mason and Daddy, have to nurse the stuffed animals before stories. Am I grooming a boob man??
Oh my, that is too funny!
That is funny! When our younger son was born, his 2-year old brother wanted to help with everything. He often said, “I’ll hold that,” I’ll change that,” and one evening as I was saying that Louis needed to nurse, Sammy said, “I’ll nurser that,” and lifted up his shirt on one side–it was very cute.
Hahahaha! Toddler brains are the BEST!!
My daughter is about to be 21 months, and I am 23 weeks along with a little boy. Up until recently, when asked where the baby was, she would smoosh my boob. I guess boobies are just in their sight more often. :)
We were at a friend’s for a birthday BBQ last weekend. Of the 5 couples we have 9 kids…the youngest being a 5 week old. He was crying for a bottle when my little girl said, “Mo Kai, Baby, Mo Kai” (Dont’ cry, baby, don’t cry.) When her sweet request didn’t calm him she told him, “Hush baby!”
She should be a great big sister. :)
I cracked up! That is hilarious!:) I had a very similar birth experience as you. Totally scary, and our first baby. I know that feeling of being wheeled away and my husband left alone just praying, waiting… Thank God, we have 5 kids now and the other 4 were successful vbacs. I love your stories of Clara. Kids say the awesome-est stuff :). Loved her prayer the other night too- amen…. and a woman! Died laughing!
Aw thanks Mel! That’s so good to hear!
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My kids say funny/mortifying things all the time – I usually jot it down in an email and send to a friend or two to share the funny and document it.
My boobie related story happened when we had some friends we hadn’t seen in a while visit at the cottage; they have a teenage daughter who our young son is in love with. When she accepted a running hug from him, he sqeezed her tight then leaned back and said, “What are those?”
She shyly responded, “They’re my breasts.”
His response, “Really? They aren’t very long…”
[stifled laughter all around the room]
I felt the need to chime in that he only really has mine to compare them to and they are “full grown”.
With a level of composure and grace you rarely see from a 13-year-old, the teenager responded, “Well mine ARE pretty new.”
Hahahahahah- these stories are all so funny!
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oh my goodness! This just made me laugh so hard!!! :)
I wish I’d been as cool and composed as this 13 year old! Champion!
I am sitting in the waiting room of my OB with a baby in my belly, and Clara just made me lol. I have two boobies AND a baby in my belly, would she fall over and faint with excitement? Haha! I hope that one went in your journal!
We recently announced we were having a girl using the idea floating around pintrest using blue/pink balloons coming out of a box. I sent a video to the mom of my godson (who is 5) and got the following as a response: “umm, ah, umm I thought they told you what you were having in your belly by putting a machine up to your belly? How come Amanda found out from a box of balloons?!” I quickly sent a copy of the “it’s a girl” ultra sound picture which apparently was much more acceptable because “yeah okay, my teacher showed me a picture like that when she was having a boy” I guess he was concerned about my OB’s accuracy- he was hoping for a boy- so he had to make sure everything was scientific and tested accurately!
These stories make my day. Obviously Young House Love is amazing, but this little Life blog is so uplifting – it can be touching, funny, inspirational, and all sorts of other wonderful things. It’s good to know Clara will be on board if and when you do have a baby in your belly!
Aw, thanks Martha! You’re so sweet.
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hahahaha! Oh boy, still laughing over here! So cute. Kids really do say the funniest things. My mom does daycare and she’s always telling me the funny things the kids do. Of course, I can’t think of an example right now. :)
I remember explaining anatomy to my two yar old son — specifically what nipples are. At one point I said “you have nipples too” and he looked at me like I was nuts. Then he pulled up his shirt, looked, and literally jumped in shock. Apparently he had never closely examined his own chest before. He immediately had to run to the living room to tell his Papa about the amazing nipple discovery.
That’s hilarious!
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AWESOME – hahaa
My husband (shirtless) was dressing our 2 year son old the other morning, and I heard them from the other room discussing each other’s nipples. Then he asked “Mama have nipples too?”
My daughter is 4 years old and is mildly obsessed with my boobs. she was touching them just last week and i told her to stop. She said “But I’m trying to find your pimples.” She meant nipples. I was dying.
Haha- these are all so funny! We’re dying over here!
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I used to wait tables, and once, a little girl (probably 3 or 4) looked me straight in the eye and said “Mommy shaves her ______.” I’ll let you fill in the blank. I pretended I didn’t quite understand to spare her mother some of the embarassment!
Hhahahahahahhhahah- that poor mom!
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This is not as much about babies as it is about boob grabbing… I had a little boy in my preschool class come up to me one day, reach up and grab both of my boobs and say “You’ve got a big tummy!”
Not sure what that was all about, and was never sure if I should take it as a compliment (To big boobs? Is it even ok to take that as a compliment from a 4 year old boy? Or ever?) or an insult to a having big tummy.
Either way it was pretty funny and unexpected.
In middle school I was at a friend’s house who had a much younger sister (maybe 3?). We were watching tv and the little one was next to me. Randomly, she looked over at my boobs and said, “It’s breasts not boobies!” Soooo awkward…
“mumma…i think the tanks should be filled with chocolate milk. I think babies would really like that”
:)
HA! That’s great! I am 15 weeks pregnant and just recently told my sons (ages 7 & 5 1/2). My 7 year-old looks at me and says “is it your baby?” Yes. Then, he says “is it in your tummy or someone else’s tummy?” Questions I was not expecting!
Then about a week later, I was carrying my younger son and he notices my boobs (which were insignificant before, but apparently have grown to be quite noticable). He asks “mama, what are those?” Ummmm… those are girl parts. I was afraid to give him an actual label for them. My boys already think the words butt, poop, and fart are hilarious. I REALLY didn’t want them running around saying boobs or boobies. Ah, boys. :)
Boobies was one of my 3yr old’s favorite words at around 18 months. And by boobies she meant bras. (Way to go, Daddy) So imagine my shock when strolling through Target one day and she starts shrieking Boobies! Boobies! while passing the bra racks that are right near the front. OH the looks I got!
Hahahahahahhahaha.
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We had that same confusion over here too.
The difference is that when my daughter saw the bras at the store she said, “Look Mommy! They have little boobies just like you have little boobies!”
Hahah!
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Even worse than yelling out, “Boobies! Boobies! Boobies!,” my brother, when he was about 3 (a boob lover himself) ran into the bra section at a department store and starting SQUEEZING all of the bras. Both hands. And of course the bra section wasn’t empty..it had plenty of people to witness his manhandling of the bras!
Hahahaha.
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Oh my, that is…so..funny…bahahaha
That is too funny! What a cute story :)
Bahahaha! Yes, funniest Clara story to date, though she’s had some super funny moments! LOVE THIS.
OMG…..how cute and funny!!!
My 2 year old is also excited about boobies right now. Anytime she sees me with my bra off, she gets a cheshire cat grin and says “heh, boobies…” in the exact same tone and cadence as Beavis and Butthead. Hilarious. She also “honks” everyone’s boobs. She will push on a boob and say “meep”. Kinda funny at home. Not funny when a casual friend is holding her and gets a surprise. :) I really need to work on that one…
last week i went to visit a friend of mine that just had a baby. during the visit, my friend started nursing her son.
my 2 year old daughter, who had never seen anything like that before, was enthralled by it and just stood there right in front of them while i tried to distract her and tell her about giving people privacy. then she busts out with “the baby is eating your chest?”. it was so funny and cute!
This might be too anatomically graphic for posting :)
My almost 3 year old observed himself naked one day and announced, “I have a pen1s” (not sure if that would get blocked). And I said “Yes, boys have…” while furiously thinking ahead to whether or not I wanted to get into the whole “girls have…” thing. Turns out he was way ahead of me as he piped up “Girls have vagin-Os.”
Hahahahahaha. So funny!
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Hilarious! Good thing you’re teaching her not to randomly ask strangers about a baby in their belly. My 4 year old neighbor asked me once (after she had visited a pregnant relative) and my Husband’s eyes got HUGE until I assured him that no, there was no baby in my belly—just my burrito bowl from Chipotle. Haha.
My friend’s little girl did the same thing! She was pregnant at the time and they were sitting in church… during a super quiet part. Her little girl put her hands on her moms boobs and loudly said, “You have THREE babies!” Embarrasing and really funny :)
Bahahaha! This post and the comments made me tear up from laughing. I am so glad my daughter hasn’t figured this out yet. Funny story when she was much younger we would poke her belly button and say “Button.” and she would giggle. One day we were in the bath and she full on grabbed my boobies HARD! and excitedly yelled BUTTONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband thought it was hilarious (until she noticed daddy had buttons too) LOL So random, but she still calls them that.
Very funny!! The other day my 5 yr old daughter saw a friend of ours at church who is very pregnant (and whose belly button has popped)… when we got in the car she announced. “She has a belly in her baby doesn’t she? – I know because I could see his nose poking out!” I laughed all the way home!!
Hahahahhaha- so funny!
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I have a cute kid story (and it’s worm-themed, so you’ll love it!)
Mollie, who is 5 going on 25, was picked up from pre-school by her grandmother. She’s a chatterbox and said, Grayson accidently drank from Macy’s Capri Sun today.” Her grandmother listened intently as Mollie finished her story: “Everybody knows he’s got jungle worms!”
I remember when I was little one of my grade school teachers was expecting during the school year and had the baby over the summer. Of course when school started in the fall, she of course still had some baby weight, and I can remember telling her “I thought you had the baby already.” She must have been mortified! I should look her up and apologize!
About a month ago, I was holding my almost two (next month!) son when he pulled out my shirt so he could look down it. He stared at my bra for a second, then looked at me and asked “Boobie diaper?” I was rolling!
Bwaahahahahahahahha!
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Our almost 5 year old is very facintaed with body parts. She likes to make comments about my boobies (that is the term we use too) and how hers are small and mine are big (not that they really are big but I have them and she doesn’t). Oh and she came up with the term “pee pee crotch” when talking about the southern regions. Just the other night she said this “Dada, you have a big pee pee crotch and I have a small pee pee crotch”. Lovely. I feel the teenage years are going to be here sooner than I like!
Haha… my granddaughter calls the ‘southern regions’ her bottom. Once when her dad was going to the bathroom, she popped in and said “Daddy, why do you have to hold your bottom when you go pee-pee?” Haha!
That sounds like something my daughter (2 1/2) would say. We have always referred to them as boobies too. Sometime’s when she’s in the room when I’m changing, she will say, “Oh, nice boobies, mommy!” Ummmm…thanks? The other day she was very needy and wanted me to hold her. Then she tried to climb into my shirt and told me to put her in my belly. I told her that she used to be really tiny when she was in my belly and that she was too big now. She replied with, “Mommy can you make your belly bigger so I can fit inside?” 2 year olds can say some very strange (and hilarious) things!
Ah, discussions of body parts with kids. Always so awesome! I have an almost 3 yr old boy so there are still many questions (usually in public bathrooms) about where my penis is.
There was a cute conversation in the yard a couple nights ago. My son and I were playing in the grass while my husband worked the grill near by and I pointed to a daddy long legs spider in the grass. I ask my son if he could see the daddy long legs. Without a pause he pointed to his dad and said “There is a daddy with long legs!”
Haha! Time to explain the different types of lady bumps! ;)
My cousin’s 4.5yr old daughter was not too happy when I had a baby in my belly. She asked me about and then said, very seriously, “You need to get that baby out!” I think she worried about what would happen to me if there was an actual baby inside! I had to explain that the baby couldn’t come out for several more months, and she warmed up to the idea eventually. :)
These stories are hilarious everyone! Thanks for sharing!
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Last week at the beach my nephew pointed to my husband and said, “Oh no, you got really burnt!” We both looked at him and asked him where, since we weren’t seeing it. He then promptly pointed directly to my husband’s nipples and said, “There!! It is really bad!” We seriously could not stop laughing!
Hahahahahahaha, that’s hilarious!
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Just busted up laughing at my desk. I really need a door…
Hahaha I love Clara’s darndest things! Especially when they remind me so much of my own daughter!
My daughter is almost 2 and she’s really really good with body parts – except that she doesn’t quite understand the concept of boobies. We’ll be sitting on the couch and she’ll point to one of my body parts and name it, but whenever I ask her “where’s mommy’s belly?” she ALWAYS points to my boobs. Then I’ll say “no, that’s mommy’s boobie” and she just giggles. It’s like she knows how funny boobies are.
HAHAHA that is hilarious!! Kids do say the darndest things :D They are so smart, too!
My little one, Emma (2 next month), still looks at my boobs and says ‘milk.’ Wonder how long that will last…
My darndest-things story is as a Sunday school teacher. The story was on how Jonah runs away from God, and the other teacher asked the class, “Is there any place you can go that God can’t find you?” A little boy turned to me and asked, “College?” I was laughing SO hard. I’m sure some folks wish that was the case, though. :o)
Hahaha! So funny! I’m 12 years older than my little brother and when I got married he was 10 and kept telling people that I was going to have babies and he was going to be a “very young uncle.” It was hilarious!
That’s so funny!
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I was wearing a lower-cut shirt for a date night with my hubby and it showed some cleavage. My almost two-year-old stuck her hand between my boobs and earnestly asked me, “Butt?” Uh, no, not my butt. And if it was, why would your hand be down there?!
Hahahhahhahaahhaahahhahaha.
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