Well the other night when I was bathing him, we had this exchange:
myles: smell my arm!
me: mmm....you smell so clean!
myles: smell my hair!
me: mmm...that's my favorite smell in the whole world
myles: smell my foot!
me: mmm....very clean
myles: smell my penis!
me: (picking mouth up off the floor) no, i'm not going to do that.
myles: why? is it b/c it's yucky??
me: no, it's not yucky, it's just private so i'm not going to smell it...and neither should anybody else.
myles: what happens if somebody else smells it?
me: i want you to tell mommy or daddy do you understand?
myles: i do understand. smell my hair!
Whew....I was glad to be out of that conversation! But what an important one to have. I guess I just wasn't expecting to start having that conversation with my 3 yr old; but I certainly was glad I did.
