My daughter, nearly 2, discovers her nipples
My wife was undressing Ana Isabel the other day readying her for a bath when the baby looked down at her chest.
Pointing to her nipples, she asked in her little girl voice: "What's this?"
Carrie Ann responded: "Those are your nipples."
"Nipples?" Ana said. "Nipples, good."
My little girl then proceeded to walk around the house repeating the name of her newly-discovered body part and pulling on them.
Carrie didn't stop the baby. "I didn't slap her hands down and say nice girls don't do that," Carrie said. She doesn't want our daughter to get the impression that her body is something to be ashamed of, or for Ana to grow up with self-esteem or body-image problems. So we figure it's best to be honest with our daughter.
Throw-in my mother-in-law's knowing comment. "What until she discovers her vagina." And it all makes me uncomfortable.
I know it's natural and normal. And I support my wife's approach. But my tendency would have been to tell my daughter to stop it and say good girls don't do that.
So I wonder how other's handle a chid's natural curiosity about their bodies and an inclination to pass down our own insecurities.
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