All About Your Child

Keatkeat: “Mommy, why do we have ne-ne-pok (nipple/breast)?”

Me: “So that Mommy can feed you milk when you were a baby.”

Keatkeat: “Then why do I and BinBin and Papa have ne-ne-pok too?”

Me: “Hmm… good question…”

Keatkeat: “So you don’t know the answer right? Go check the Internet! But if they don’t have the answer then nevermind.”

There I was, feeding my own curiosity too and typing “Why do men have breast/nipples”… and here’s the answer:

“The answer is that as embryos men and women have similar tissues and body parts. If anything the embryo follows a ‘female template’. That is why nipples are present in both sexes. It is the effect of the genes, the Y chromosome and the hormone testosterone that brings about the changes and masculinises the embryo. Testosterone promotes the growth of the penis and testicles. Because nipples are there before this process begins the nipples stay!

Nipples and breast tissue have no function as such except for perhaps protecting the heart and lungs from injury.”

Hey parents, don’t you just love being a parent? It ‘forces’ you to increase your knowledge!!! *wink*

Bedtime:

Keatkeat: “Mommy, I have to sleep quickly now.”

Me: “Good! Go. Good Night Baby.”

Keatkeat: “I MUST sleep FASTER than Papa.”

Me: “Great! Go quick.”

Keatkeat: “You know why?”

Me: “Why?”

Keatkeat: “The moment Papa SNORES I CANNOT SLEEP ALREADY!!!! So NOISY! How can I sleep?!”

Allan and I: “Hahahahahaha…..”

Allan rarely snores, but started snoring more often only recently.