Some things from the past... all about Little Man

Current -

Little Man will frequently inform everyone here, in a loud voice that he is, "...going to my room to play with my penis now, OK?"

I will respond, "OK."

Then, a bit later he'll shout, "I'm all done playing with my penis now!"

*shakes head and laughs*


from Jan 25, 2007 - some of the things my son said that day:

• "I don't like boobs, they make me very sad"
• "I don't kiss girls, I only kiss boys like me"
• "When I grow up, I just want to be [his name]"

Nov 28, 2006 - Little Man speaks about reincarnation

"Grandma [surname removed] is NOT going to be dead anymore very soon. Grandma will grow up at [my oldest niece]'s house."

* My niece and her husband had a son born in Feb 2007 and a daughter born in Oct 2008

Sept 14, 2006 (the birthday of my late father, interestingly enough)

* Sep. 14th, 2006 at 4:39 PM

On the way home today, Little Man said, "Mummy, When will I be married again?"

And I told him he was silly because he had never been married before and he replied, "Yes I was, I was married to Grandma H. before I was a baby."

And when Mom was alive, she did say she wondered if Little Man was the reincarnated soul of my Dad...

*P.S. My late father was born on Sept 14th.

April 26, 2006

Tonight my lil man has been running around the living room and pulling out the top of his diaper and leaning down.

I thought he was looking at himself.

I said, "If you want to look at your penis, do it in your room please."

He yelled, "No!" and then added, "I smell my penis."

Then he turned to me and said, "Your turn."

I started laughing and said, "No thank you." then hid in the bathroom while I laughed some more

March 31, 2006

As a single Mom to a boy, sometimes things occur that really leave me baffled as to the correct course of action.

Last wk, [Little Man] came out wearing a pair of Spiderman underpants and says to me, "Look Mommy! Penis pocket!" and he proceeded to pull his penis out of the pocket part of the underwear.

me: "[Little Man], if you want to to look at your penis, please do it in your room."

LM (yelling): "Dis a MY penis! My penis!"

me: "Yes, it is. But it's for looking at in your room, not the living room."

LM (walking towards his room): "I tickle my penis... tickle tickle, I tickle you..."

me: *waits until he's in his room and crack up*

Nov 17, 2005

OK, so I've been trying to get [Little Man] to get an idea of gender... not society's version of gender roles, but just that boys and girls have different parts.

To get him to stop calling anything covered by his diaper a "bum" I taught him the word "penis" awhile ago and now he will frequently point to his groin area and say "[Little Man]'s penis".

Because he is a dangerous force of nature and I was in need of a bath tonight, I brought him into the bathroom and gave him a book and some toys so Mommy could have a short, quick bath.

[Little Man] pointed at his pants and said, "[Little Man]'s penis" and then pointed towards me in the tub and said, "Mommy's penis."

I said, "Mommy is a girl. Girls have a vagina."

[Little Man] pointed at his pants and said, "[Little Man]'s 'gina"

I said, "[Little Man] is a boy. Boys have a penis."

[Little Man] said, "[Little Man] penis, Uncle Mike penis, Uncle Pete penis, [Nanners] penis..."

I tried again, "[Nanners] is a girl like Mommy. Girls have a vagina."

[Little Man] said, "[Nanners] 'gina, [Yaya] 'gina, Mommy 'gina, [Little Man] 'gina."

I said, "[Little Man] has a penis, girls have a vagina."

He must have gotten bored because he then started talking about Spiderman...

Nov 3, 2005

When I picked up [Little Man] today, Jenny ([Little Man]'s teacher) pulled me aside and said, "You'll notice he's got green marker all over his hand and up his arm but I left it on to show you because it was so creative."

me: "Cute."

Jenny: "After he did it, he came over to me and said, 'Look Jenny! Tattoo!"

*laughter*

Sept 8, 2005

After I pick [Little Man] up from daycare we are going [place name removed] for his first speech therapy & occupational therapy sessions.

I am excited and afraid.

[Little Man]'s been doing so much better since he and I got into our own place, but then - when I see other children his age and younger being so communicative and lacking the echoalia - it sometimes makes me sad.

My son is a wonderful person and incredibly smart and special, but I worry that the rest of the world will overlook him.