Ellie: What's wrong, Mommy?
Mommy: What do you mean?
Ellie: What's wrong when you go like dat? (leaning over and making a funny look on her face).
Mommy: I have no idea. (so I leaned over like she demonstrated).
Ellie: See? What's wrong right dere?
Mommy: Oh, that's my fat on my tummy bulging when I lean over.
Ellie: But why?
Mommy: Remember how I had a big tummy when Addie was inside of me?
Ellie: Yeah?
Mommy: Sometimes it takes a while for the skin to go back to normal.
Ellie: You be better soon?
Mommy: Yes, I'll be better soon (I hope).
I don't have any daughters. But I have a wife who is plagued by obsession over her weight. It is really hurtful to her. I hate it, but I can do nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is an opportunity for you to model to your daughter that there are more important things in life than weight. To give her an opportunity to see a healthy relationship w/weight. Perhaps in the hope that she doesn't turn this observation into a lifetime of suffering over weight.
Thanks, MJH! That's a good idea I didn't think about!
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