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The birds and the tampons

Carter finds the package insert. . . .

Carter holds up a tampon. “What’s this, mommy?”

I am so not ready for this conversation. He freaks out at the sight of blood these days, I’m not going to tell him I make some every month. I wing it:

“Umm, it’s something for women to use to wipe.”

Carter gives me an interrogatory stare, then produces the package insert, pointing to the diagram.

“So you wipe on the inside?”

By Amy Makice

Amy Makice is a social worker actively working on two other family-centered projects, Creative Family Resources and Parenting for Humanity. Amy has a weekly online show on BlogTalkRadio.