Norah has been sick for the last week with a nasty cold that is causing a great deal of unrest in our home. I brought her to the doctor this morning, and I ended up having quite a laugh at her views of anatomy.
We have been working with her on properly named body parts, as she is curious and we'd rather that than odd nicknames.....
As we were waiting for the doctor to come into the room, I was going over what would likely happen during her checkup - telling her that he will listen to her breathing, check her ears and throat, and just make sure that she doesn't need any medicine.
She tells me that she wants to know what the word for the thing in the back of the throat that hangs down is called. I told her that was a perfect question to ask the doctor!
He comes in and we have the normal chit chat, with Norah, of course, behaving completely like a jokester, just like daddy.
As the doctor was listening to her lungs, and she happily informs him that "Mommy has boobs there on her!" ... Lovely, Norah...
Then comes the next part of the exam. He starts by looking in her ears and throat, and I tell her to ask her question. She is too shy now, so I go ahead.
"It's called a uvula."
Awesome! "Norah, can you say that?" ... and then she utters under her breath again, the nickname for it that she had said earlier while we were waiting.... "It's a FOOD-GINA!"
Doctor looks at me and I just kind of shrug it off, as I know that he didn't hear her...
Now, she is looking at me and I know she is going to get goofy, so out with it....
"She calls it a Food- Gina.... her uvula.. she calls it a food-gina."
I thought the doctor was going to fall off of his seat from laughing so hard...
Probably the best thing he has ever heard out of the mouth of a four year old.....
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