Breaking the news...
The Mommy Woman to herself: Should we or should we not? Maybe we should wait...she's still so little after all, not even four yet! I read in my parenting book that children this age have a different concept of time, nine months is like an eternity to them! Yes, we really should wait till a little later before we tell her, maybe when the bump starts showing. *Walks around feeling smug about smart parenting decision*
Nikki: Mama?
TMW: Yes, buttercup?
Nikki: Are you pregnant?
TMW: Choke, splutter, gasp, faint!!!
Nikki, with an air of easy nonchalance: Because I heard you talking to your friend S Massi the other day, when you were whispering and trying to talk softly so I wouldn't hear (faint disdain in voice now)
TMW: Heh heh heh Oh, ah, er....
Nikki: So are you?
TMW: Heh heh heh Er, ah, oh...Ummm Nikki?
Nikki: Hmm?
TMW: Umm...let me tell you what being pregnant means....
Nikki (impatiently): I know that! There's a baby in your tummy and I'm going to get a brother or a sister. Oh by the way, make sure its a girl. I was going to tell you to have a baby anyway. I want a sister.
TMW: Collapses in dead faint on floor on nearest available non hazardous surface.
Last words from The Daddy Man: What was it your parenting book said again? Hahahahaha!
The Mommy Woman to herself: Should we or should we not? Maybe we should wait...she's still so little after all, not even four yet! I read in my parenting book that children this age have a different concept of time, nine months is like an eternity to them! Yes, we really should wait till a little later before we tell her, maybe when the bump starts showing. *Walks around feeling smug about smart parenting decision*
Nikki: Mama?
TMW: Yes, buttercup?
Nikki: Are you pregnant?
TMW: Choke, splutter, gasp, faint!!!
Nikki, with an air of easy nonchalance: Because I heard you talking to your friend S Massi the other day, when you were whispering and trying to talk softly so I wouldn't hear (faint disdain in voice now)
TMW: Heh heh heh Oh, ah, er....
Nikki: So are you?
TMW: Heh heh heh Er, ah, oh...Ummm Nikki?
Nikki: Hmm?
TMW: Umm...let me tell you what being pregnant means....
Nikki (impatiently): I know that! There's a baby in your tummy and I'm going to get a brother or a sister. Oh by the way, make sure its a girl. I was going to tell you to have a baby anyway. I want a sister.
TMW: Collapses in dead faint on floor on nearest available non hazardous surface.
Last words from The Daddy Man: What was it your parenting book said again? Hahahahaha!
