I laughed too — but awkwardly. “Honey, no, I don’t. Mommy doesn’t have any piercings.”
But he was insistent. “Yes, you do!” he said, louder this time. “I saw it!”
We laughed it off. Kids often say weird things all the time. I figured maybe he saw something on TV, or perhaps he confused me with someone else.
But then it happened again and again.
Every time Tommy saw Molly’s piercing, he’d grin and say, “Mommy has it.”
Nanny looking at a boy seated next to her | Source: Pexels
Once, while brushing his teeth, once, while playing with his Legos, and once, while I was tucking him into bed. Each time, he’d point at his own belly, press his little finger into his stomach, and say, “Just like Mommy!”
It started to bug me.
“Patrick,” I asked one night, “has Tommy ever seen a belly button piercing on me?”
Patrick looked up from his laptop and laughed. “Uh, no? Unless there’s something you haven’t told me.”
