While chatting to Akra Jr between his dashes to the bathroom to be violently sick in the early hours of this morning, we tried to explain why he wasn’t feeling himself at the moment.
“It’s a bug there,” I point. “In your tummy.”
Along the way, this got translated in the three-year-old brain to “there’s a spider in my tummy, mummy.” The concept was quite cute, and he didn’t appear to be grossed out by the idea, so we’ve run with it.
“Here – drink some more water, it’ll help flush out the spider.”
“You might be sick a few more times before the spider comes out.”
“Milk and yoghurt are the spider’s favourite foods, they’ll only make him stronger. Have some apple instead, he hates that.”
We’re pretty sure he knows it’s a game and not a real spider. Absolutely certain. Definitely.
Oh hell, we’re scarring him for life, aren’t we?!
2 responses so far ↓
1 Paula // 14th Feb 2005 at 6:40 pm
I don’t know if you watch it but Boogie Beebies song this week is about creepy crawlies. Don’t watch if you are arachnaphobic at all but if Akra jr wants some visual aids as to what his tummy spider looks like….!
It is brilliant the sayings they come up with – my eldest twin calls headaches “my head is bumping!” As you said, the mind of a 3-year-old!
2 Birdy // 18th Feb 2005 at 9:57 pm
Well if you don’t hate spiders already…
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