Here was our dinner conversation with G-Bear last night:
G-Bear: "Mommy, what do you call another word for when your tummy hurts?"
Me: "Do you mean a stomachache?"
G-Bear: "No, like what Madeline had?"
Me (realizing her reference to the book, Madeline): "Oh, an APPENDIX."
G-Bear: "Oh, thaaaaat's right, appendix."
Me: "Your appendix is in your tummy just like your stomach is, it's just in a different place. See, your stomach is up here (pointing) and your appendix is down here (pointing again). So, when your appendix hurts your tummy hurts in a different place than when you have a stomachache."
G-Bear: "Oh, thaaaaat's right, but sometimes my my stomach is over here too (pointing to her middle), like after I eat."
Me: "That's right, because when you eat your stomach gets bigger, doesn't it?"
G-Bear: "Yes, aLOT bigger. Sort of like your tummy, Mommy."
Me (smiling): "Sort of like my tummy, sweetie."
That's our budding diagnostician for you :)
Is this what you get when you grow up in a medical family?
Is this what you get when you grow up in a medical family?
precious. thanks for sharing.
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