A Funny Coincidence

Last night, I went to the first regular LLL meeting that I have been to. I took both baby kids. I was nervous about how they would behave. Imagine my delight, when we showed up, and the meeting was in a home daycare! There were plenty of toys, and things were childproofed.
M ran right in and started playing with the toys. Big T was being a shy-guy and he hung back in the doorway. I asked him if he wanted me to pick him up and hold him on my lap. He did want that. We sat down in a chair together and I started listening to the leader of the meeting.

Pretty soon, I heard T mumbling something over and over to himself. It was very quiet mumbling, so I ignored it for a while. He continued mumbling, and I realized that I had better listen up to what he wanted, or the mumbling was going to get louder and he would get frustrated.

I looked down at the little boy sitting in my lap. Almost his entire head was down inside his shirt, with just the very crown of his head sticking up like an island through the collar of the shirt! He looked like a little turtle.

I pulled the shirt collar a bit and peered down at him. "Mumble, mumble, mumble." he said.

"What?" I said.

"Mumble, mumble, mumble." he said.

"What?" I said. "I can't hear you."

He reached out his arm, pulled the collar forcefully away from his body so that his entire chest was exposed, and pushed his head quickly upward, shouting:

"I'm looking for my nipple! Where is my nipple? My nipple is here somewhere!" he said.

When he sets his mind to something, his queries will not be ignored.

"Your nipples are right there." I said. I pointed to be clear. I thought we could be done with the conversation.

"Oh, they are? My nipples are right there? I have 2 nipples? They are right there?"--All the while tugging and pulling at his chest.

"Put your shirt back and go play." I calmly said.

And he did.

Nothing like a little freakishness to introduce the fam to a new group of folks.