Monday, July 28, 2008  Reverse penis envy  “Mommy WHY???Why
don’t you have a penis?”  Because I’m a girl.  “Don’t you want
one?"   “Maybe you could buy one?"   “If you eat real healthy
could you grow one?"   “Maybe you can pray for one”   This was a
recent conversation I had with my 4 year old son. Luckily it did
not occur in the middle of Target. Despite being potty trained
for over a year, and being trained mainly by dad he only
recently began peeing standing up. He was extremely skeptical
about peeing standing up… but once he figured it out, of course
it’s the best thing since chocolate milk. He recently became
concerned about why I don’t pee standing up. It truly bothers
him. I explained that girls don’t have a penis so we have to sit
down. At some point later in life I will explain girl anatomy,
but for now I think this should suffice, plus I want to avoid
the whole Kindergarten Cop quote as long as possible (MY MOM ‘s
a gynecologist and she says boy’s have a penis and girls have a
….) However, he remain