...It's only logical...

Before I became a parent I thought that children did things with no consideration and with no rationale or logic behind their thoughts, but I have come to realize via my 4-year-old that this is entirely the opposite of the truth.

In light of that fallacy about children, I have given birth to a miniature version of Spock. You know "Live long and prosper" Spock, Precursor to Next Generation Data the robot (oh give me a break I am not that nerdy and I know he was not called a "robot," but TECHNICALLY he WAS a robot), aka logical thinking Vulcan.

Babies have been a pretty hot topic in our house since Melody was born. Slowly, but surely Marshall has started to ask more questions about the creation of babies. This post is about to get pretty technical, so if you don't know how babies are created you should probably ask your mother (or you could Google it, but that might turn out to be the less tasteful route), but I hope you know at least the basics. ;)

 It started with a question about my C-section scar.

"Mommy what's that?"

"That is my scar from where the doctor cut you and Melody out of my tummy, but normally Mommies push babies out of their Vaginas."

"Then you push them back in?"

"No, Marshall it is kind of a one way ticket. Babies only come out that way."

A few days later. Marshall and I were talking about Melody in the car.

"...And then they cut her out of your belly."

"Yes, they did, but normally doctors don't cut babies out. Mommies usually push them out."

"Well how do they get in your belly?"

"Well Daddy puts the baby in my belly with his penis and then the baby grows and grows until it is ready to come out."

"So it is like a seed? You plant it in the ground then water it and it grows."

Marshall showing off a picture of his little sister

"Yeah it is kind of like a seed."

Then the conversation progressed to Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck's farm where they plant seed that grow into vegetables, but as he was talking and I feigning attention to his recollection of this episode of Mickey Mouse I thought to myself HOLY CRAP HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. Then I thought Oh thank goodness he IS at least A LITTLE normal he is now talking about Mickey Mouse. 

How in the world did his 4-year-old mind make the connection between making babies and planting vegetable seeds? I know some adults that would be unable to make that connection. I was completely flabbergasted that Marshall came up with that analogy and seemed to understand the process that I had described to him moments before.

Baby making is a pretty complex process and this is not the only thing that Marshall has come up with that Dan and I have stopped and given each other THE look as if to say Did he really just say that?! I expect the response out of the mouth of my babe would be "Well it's only logical, Mother (all Spock style)."  I will never again doubt the capacity for understanding of the 4-year-old brain, but I will be keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't break into full Vulcan death grip on his little sister.