How fast are our children growing up these days? My son is in grade five and is nine years old. Already he is receiving sex education at school. Something that I did not have in school until grade eight. He has been noticing girls since he was in grade one, and according to all his friends he also knows how to charm them all. Makes his Dad proud.
But now we have reached a new phase in the life of my son. That is the stage of the bathroom hermit. This stage will not peak until he becomes a teemager but at nine he is already spending a lot of time in the bathroom grooming. He has started asking for hair gels and deodorants and can spend up to an hour trying to get his hair just right. The other day I caught him standing in front of the mirror talking to himself and this is what he was saying. "Whose good looking? You are the good looking one." what is a mother to do? At least I can take some comfort in the fact that he has a healthy self esteem.
As my nine year old is the oldest of three boys and one girl I am wondering if we should add a third bathroom to the house?