Patricija is 5.
\nYesterday I noticed her examining her belly, where her navel proudly sits in the center.<\/p>\n
She studies it. Tilts her head. Quiet, but from her little sighs you can understand:<\/p>\n
“On such a round, beautiful belly there\u2019s this\u2026 hole. Doesn\u2019t really fit the perfect whole, you know.”<\/p>\n
Finally, she rolls the question out like a little ball:<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, what\u2019s it for?\u201d<\/p>\n
I explain that when a tiny baby lives in its mom\u2019s belly, it can\u2019t come to the table to eat.
\nSo the mom feeds her baby through the \u201cbelly button,\u201d which connects them like a kind of cord.<\/p>\n
Silence. She tries to remember something.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then, why do kids and dads have belly buttons? They don\u2019t grow anything in their bellies.\u201d<\/p>\n
I explain that both dads and kids were once grown in moms\u2019 bellies.<\/p>\n
Silence again.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo\u2026 are you saying I ate through your belly button when I was in your belly?\u201d<\/p>\n
I nod.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I ate\u2026 did you finish it all?\u201d Her eyes widen.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t help but laugh.<\/p>\n
Without a word, she grabs my shirt and looks at my belly.
\n\u201cThrough such a small one?\u201d She frowns, and I can already imagine her little brain picturing a scene where mom, after eating one and a half meat patty, cuts the rest into tiny pieces and feeds them through the belly button.<\/p>\n
Weird, world.
\nVery weird.
\nSometimes, you seem strange to my 35-year-old eyes.
\nBut to a 5-year-old, you\u2019re high-level aviation.<\/p>\n
Sweet dreams next to many question-asking little professors,
\nV.<\/p>\n
#ohdear #childhooddeals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-17569","istorija","type-istorija","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija\/17569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/istorija"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}