Last night, I was fretting to fennel about how fast N is learning French, and how OMG hey wait! I don't know any of the kid words! I've never spent a lot of time around the under-12 set, and so I have no idea how the kids and teachers at her school are going to refer to kid things, like pee and scrapes and toilets and thumb-sucking and security blankets. I can argue with you over beers about gender politics, but I can't ask you if you've used the potty. I feel like this may be a problem. Even if I don't need to use those words myself, I need to hear them in context and understand them! Aaa! Etc. He said, "it's okay, she'll let you know." I thought, man, I sure hope so.

Sure enough, this morning, she climbed into bed and snuggled up to me and said, "mommy, popotin means bum. Or bum-bum. Or butt." Well! Now I know. Thank you.