Thoughts on Marriage When You are 4

As a parent you worry about how soon your daughter(s) will start to think about boys, the birds and the bees and even marriage. Well my heart raced a little the other day when my 4 year old and I were watching 90210 and she asked... "Mommy why does she have a baby in her tummy?" Here is our conversation:

• 4 YEAR OLD: "Mommy why does she have a baby in her tummy?"
• MOM: "She is going to be a mommy. She is married". I fibbed about the last part.
• 4 YEAR OLD: "I am going to have a baby someday."
• MOM: "Oh really. Well you have to be a big girl and be married. Do you like boys?"
• 4 YEAR OLD: "Yes"
• MOM (thinking to herself): YIKES!!
  
• 4 YEAR OLD: "I'm going to marry HIPPO."
• MOM (still thinking to herself): Oh thank god for Hippo. Her 3 foot long orange with yellow spots stuffed Hippopotamus!
  

Okay so Mom and Dad can put off that mandatory conversation a little while longer. LOL!