We have hit the “why” stage with our oldest child. Thankfully only one child can talk. Everything is WHY? Why is the sky blue? Why is there wind? Why is there rain? EVERYTHING is WHY! We try to keep patient and answer with love in our voices, but it is hard sometimes. You want your child to be curious and learn by experiencing the outside world, but sometimes you just want….quiet. It is also sometimes difficult to give an answer that a 3 year old will truly understand and be content with. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that he just wants to know the time-not how the watch is made! Like the other day when he asked how Baby was going to get out of my stomach. HHhmmm. I don’t think I am up to telling the entire truth on that matter. My husband said the baby was coming out of my belly button. I just said he’s coming out at the hospital. I kind of skipped over the exact how. I think that is my right as a mother to edit the information he receives. It’s traumatic enough to learn how you arrived in the world when you’re a teenager. No need to start the trauma this early. I’ve lots of years to do that to my children. So, like all phases of child-rearing, I know the “why” phase will pass. Until it’s the next two’s turn. And then when it is all over, I will think back and reminisce about the sweetness and innocence of it all. And that makes me smile today.
