Over heard in the swimming pool changing room today

[BankOfMaeve]

This made me smile so much.

Two small kids chatting to one another in the next cubicle after their swim.

they were clearly very impressed by the skills of a slightly older child.

“I think she’s a proper swimmer, she has one of those things on her head to cover her hair like they do in the Olympics, and she’s wearing a yellow band, which means she gets to stay in longer than us. She must be training for the Olympics.”

All this at a regular splash and play session in the council pool!

I'm loving this thread :)

DD aged 4 to me in cubicle of the public loo at the beach:
Mummy why does your wee wee need a rope to climb down?
😳

My partner and I regularly have my niece to stay and now she is getting older my partner will leave the room when she is getting changed, showered etc.

Getting dressed one day and my niece said to me, "why doesn't uncle want to see my vulva? Maybe he doesn't like vulvas? Maybe he doesn't like your vulva either."

😳🤣

When one of my DC saw their dad in the bath "why does daddy have 2 willy's?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why do they always get so chirpy in the swimming pool changing room? Mine literally doesn’t seem to notice if I’m undressed or not at home but at swimming it’s suddenly stage-school-style “ooh you’ve got a very big tummy mummy” (I really, really don’t!)

Reading the displayed work on similes pinned to the wall in DS's classroom, I noticed his contribution:
"My mummy is big and round like an elephant."

It was a hard struggle not to write underneath "because she's pregnant!"

I take DS (8) swimming every week; a couple of weeks ago we were in the pool when I realised with horror that my swimsuit had a hole in the butt. I turned to DS and hissed "we need to get out, there's a hole in my swimsuit!"; he replied "Oh yeah, I saw that a few weeks ago". 😳

Unexpectedly started my period - "mummy why have you got jam in your knickers?"

Having a chat about babies - "when you wanted a baby did Daddy make you eat boiled eggs for breakfast so you had eggs in your tummy? You don't like boiled eggs so you must have really wanted a baby."

Talking about periods. She must have been about 6 - "when your period starts and you can have babies, do you have to have one? I don't think I will be ready for a baby until I'm 14."

Walking out of some public toilets - "mummy do you feel better after your poo? It was very smelly."

This is the best!
If yours is hiding, mine is Lord Lucan! 🤣

Oh these are so funny!

My eldest came out with so so many crackers as a toddler, he still cracks me up with more mature jokes and questions but I miss the pure brilliance of his younger mind.

must note down more of younger ds (currently 7m)

this sort of post makes me feel nostalgic heartache how fleecing childhood memories are.

more please more!

My nephew overheard his mum ask me how I was feeling when I was 7 months pregnant.
He then said "oh I forgot you were having a baby, I thought you were just fat".
Nephew is 13 and ND, no malice meant.
I found his comment hilarious, even though I was (am) a bit fat aswell 🤣

We were watching a nature documentary this week and one of the animals gave birth, DS was horrified and kept wincing, DH then said well how do you think you got out of mummy? DS ran over to me gave me a massive cuddle and said mummy I'm so sorry.
I reassured him I'm absolutely fine and he was completely worth it 😁

Ah @JennyDarlingRIP how sweet is he?

Awwwww that's seriously sweet 🥰

Went camping last year with my partner and his kids. Took his daughter in the shower with me aged 6…thought I’d shower her and give her the task of getting dry and dressed whilst I had a quick shower (luckily got the extra large cubicle!)….mid body wash and she points at me and says “what’s that” very loudly! I’m thinking ermm I’m sure your mummy has told you about lady body parts by now, and trying to think of an answer when she says “that black thing”….sigh of relief! “Ahh yes that’s a tattoo, you know like daddy has”
Tattoo is on my hip 🤣

My DSis had been reading "Babar" to her DC. Our mother was in the tub with the youngest who was maybe 2. She said, "Oma, you look like Cornelius. Just like Cornelius. Exactly like Cornelius." Cornelius is the oldest elephant and is drawn very very wrinkly. We comforted DM with the fact that he was also the wisest elephant in Celesteville.

DD aged 4 to me in cubicle of the public loo at the beach:
Mummy why does your wee wee need a rope to climb down?
I've just had a coughing fit laughing at this. 😂

Getting changed in a cubicle once, hear a knock on the door "yes?" I ask thinking someone may have left something. When a little voice asks "do you have a hairy fanny?" Then I hear......"Abigail, come here now"

Loving this thread. Toddler ds, growing up with 4 brothers refused to believe that I didn't have a willy! The teenagers love nothing more than to see me humiliated in public by the little ones (as long as their friends aren't around of course!). Ds3, then aged about 3 was friends with a girl who had an older brother with the same name as ds2. She cheerfully told my son that she was going to pick up "ds2name" from school. Ds3 promptly burst into tears and told her she couldn't have his brother!

Not really funny but at the time it made me smile. Ds2 was very poorly in hospital and we thought he was going to die. I had just told the other dc and they were very subdued. I had tried to be as honest as possible and then asked if they had any questions. Ds3 piped up "if he dies, can I have his bike".

My first time wearing a swimming cap. A little girl said to her Mum, “look at that funny lady “ needless to say I binned the swimming cap .

Getting changed in a cubicle once, hear a knock on the door "yes?" I ask thinking someone may have left something. When a little voice asks "do you have a hairy fanny?" Then I hear......"Abigail, come here now"
Crying now....😂

Haha my son said this to me once (also at swimming!) I'll never forget it - we came out of the swimming pool, special treat just me and him normally his dad takes him. He was almost 4 at the time, we quickly undressed, he was watching me and as I peeled off my swim suit he suddenly, loudly exclaimed "mummy oh no oh NO! your penis is missing!! Oh no! Mummy what will you do?" (He had seen me in state of undress many times!!)
I was trying to quieten his frantic distress as he scrabbled around on the floor looking for my apparently missing penis. I was wrestling him from under the cubicle door as he shouted out "I go find it!" and he bounced back up, head hitting my nose causing almighty pain .I cried out - he mistook my tears of pain and rubbed my back reassuring me that "it okay mummy, daddy buy you new one in tesco!" 😂

Changing in a family changing cubicle at Centre Parcs and DD(3) said "Daddy's willy looks like a purple sausage"!

The people who have taught their children all the correct terms from birth alongside when to use them are obviously not going to be posting on an "overhead in a cubicle" thread, are they.

We might all aspire to be the mum who uses vulva not vagina and penis not willy, and openly explains about menstrual cups, and public hair to our curious 2 year olds, but in the moment or even with the best intentions it doesn't always work out like that.