:D curious 6yo questions

[ahimsamom]

I didn't know where to post this, but it seemed like the best place!

I nanny a 6 yr boy who is an only child. The other day I told him I was going to step into the other room for a few minutes and feed my 9mo DD. A few minutes later he walked into the room, watched my daughter breastfeed for a few seconds then started asking me questions.

6yo: what does she eat?

me: milk!

6yo: MILK??

me: yes! you know how a cow makes milk for it's babies? Human moms make milk for their babies too!

The 6 yo thinks about it for 30 seconds, then asks:

Does it come from your elbow??

So I just smiled and said, "actually no, it comes from my chest." I can see that is is really confused by this, so I said, " You know how you have nipples on your chest? Mom's have nipples too, and that is where milk for babies come from."

He still looked pretty confused, then asked, "When is she going to drink from a bottle?"

I just responded, "probably never" and that seemed to satisfy him, at least for the time being.

The next day his mom told me he had a LOT of questions for her that night .

[crystal_buffaloe]

Love this

And I especially like the "does it come from your elbow?" comment -- somebody was nursing pretty discreetly

Everytime I've excused myself to nurse at a family function or get together with kids there, children follow me and ask me questions.