Solving the world's problems one toddler at a time

Written by OHmommy

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 19:00

Sometimes on my endless unpaved road in Motherhood my children throw me a speed bump which causes me to slow down and think. They force me to look at the world around me. Left, right, left again, and over the shoulder before crossing the speed bump. After cautiously crossing I become a different person.

The latest speed bump in my journey was that of my toddler's self discovery of her body that lead to worldwide tolerance.

My youngest child discovered her belly button last week. "Bummie?"

She toddled around the house pulling up everybody's shirts exposing their "bummies." We naturally joined in with her contagious giggles as we flashed our belly buttons. Her eyes grew larger by the minute as she realized that everyone had "bummies" like she did.

"Bummies?!?"

After a quick google search with a wild banshee on my lap, "Does every human have a belly button?" We learned that every single human being from Albania to Zimbabwe had a belly button.

Ha! We are all the same.

We. Are. All. The. Same. We all have belly buttons.