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    8 Body Conversations I Never Expected to Have with My Son

    By | Parenting – Mon, Sep 24, 2012 2:58 PM EDT

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    Why his balls aren't actually the bouncy kind
    I believe most boys take approximately four minutes outside the womb before they locate their penises. Then they let out a huge sigh of ... more 
    Photo by: Babble
    Why his balls aren't actually the bouncy kind
    I believe most boys take approximately four minutes outside the womb before they locate their penises. Then they let out a huge sigh of "OK, THAT'S there" relief and get back to nursing. But when my son discovered his scrotum and testicles, there were many questions, including how the Super Balls get in there. I am not sure who introduced him to the term "balls" but I am the one who had to (ahem) burst that bubble.
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    Long before I was a single mom, I knew I would be the one explaining the body and privacy and sex and health and oozy-fluid stuff to my son. I read up, I talked to other parents, reviewed anatomy illustrations, read some more. While I had a detailed five-tiered sex talk prepared for various stages of age-appropriateness and situation, I didn't really know all of the in-between stuff we'd need to discuss. Here are some bits about those boy bits I am not sure any mom knows she will be discussing. And how often. And in detail. - By Jessica Ashley



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