The Tingu Hunie Factor: The Hatching of Maashi

There has been great excitement since K2P2 announced the impending birth of their little one.

I was, of course, desperate to see the kids reaction. Hunie's eyes lit up at the thought of having someone to boss around while also noting that the baby is going to poop. Just in case, you weren't aware new parents - take note!

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Babies, of course, elicit a whole line of questioning focusing around 'How do they get in there?' and 'How do they get out.' The boys have been debating this amongst themselves:

Hunie: "Where do babies come from?" (the classic)

Tingu: "When mammals mate." (impressive)

Hunie: "Maaaatttinnnggg? What is mating?"

Tingu: "It’s like playing leapfrog."

Tingu has been watching BBC documentary on woolly mammoths – I know the scene where this came from! Just in case it ever comes up in trivia, woolly mammoths were voracious ‘maters’ in the springtime!

We saw these two love bugs on Sunday morning:

Huns said they were dancing, Tingu was adamant on mating. He says so authoritatively you would think he knows what it means. I haven’t really asked him to extrapolate as it may lead to move questions I don’t think I am yet ready to answer.Leapfrog works for now.

However given how completely convoluted our answers are on the procreation of living things, I think we are going to have to come clean soon.

Hunie: “Where does the baby come out from?”

Almost simultaneously our answers were as follows:

Me: "A mom’s stomach."

B : "Your Mom’s belly button."

Chubbs: “It just slips out, you know.”

It is really no wonder they are confused to the point where Hunie just asked when she is hatching and later if the baby just came out of her mouth. Oddly enough, Chubbs said she wished it did. I have to say I am not sure I agree on this one! I’ll attribute that comment to blissful ignorance of a to-be-Mom! The naming of the baby has been really no better…:

“Speedy Fluffy Tickle”

“Cookoo head”

“Sam”

While the kids dance around Maashi, the rest of us have continued celebrating on behalf of babyK2P3!