Embrace the embarrassment

Babies often cause embarrassing situations. Because they aren't bound by rules of conduct they do whatever they want without conviction. Last week my son was hanging out with grandpa and did something that most older people would be horrified to do. He saw that grandpa didn't have a shirt on, and used his new pinching skill to grab and hold on to grandpa's nipple. What made this situation really odd is that when he grabs something he makes the "K" sound. He accompanied his experience of the man nipple with the corresponding "K" sound, and sent everyone into a roaring laughter. It got even more embarrassing when he did it to grandma a few days later once again with the "k" sound. Now, I was embarrassed, but I also noticed that my little boy had developed the ability to identify similar body parts on different people. My baby is learning! Boy can learning be embarrassing, and this is just one example of how my son has embarrassed me. The funny thing is that the embarrassments just keep on coming, so at some point I have to embrace the embarrassment. Everyone else will be laughing so why not laugh with them.