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toddlers and frustrated amateur photographers running around the waiting room.

Marie is my oldest and she always has been quite on top of things when it comes to being in tune to adults conversations about grown up stuff. I suspect what happened next was the consequence of some such adult conversation she had overheard previously. The longer we waited and the more the woman next to me wiped her babies green, boogered nose, it was apparent I was getting quite annoyed. At least it must have been because Marie, who had run to the other side of the room to look at picture frames, quickly turned around and looked at me and loudly yelled, "Mom, is this one of those days you wanna get your tubes tied?" To say I was mortified is an understatement.

So, as a mother to five, nearly grown children, my advice to you is this...don't wait until your kids are almost a teenager before you have the sex talks. Teach them about their bodies and all their working parts their entire life and neither of you will have anxiety when your kids reach their awkward stage. Once you choose to have the talks, one word of caution: Stay out of waiting rooms where you will be idle for long periods of time and if you must wait with others, be ready for what could come out of your child's mouth!

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