Mommy, You're Fat

The other day, Nicole was playing with her toys and she looked up at me and said in the sweetest voice ever, "Mommy, you're fat!"

Shocked, I said the only thing I could, "Thanks Nicole."

Yesterday, she was changing her clothes and she said to Matt, "I'm Fat!" And proudly smacked her tummy.

Then, I began to think... Why is my 2 year old talking about being fat?

And then I realized, we tell Dan, all the time, that he is fat.

"You're such a fatty!"
"You're so fat."
"My little fatty lumpkins."

Are just a few of the things that I will say to Dan.

Nicole often repeats what I say and I should have realized earlier that she would pick up on this because we all say it so often to Dan as a compliment. He IS a fatty baby and it is an indicator that he is healthy, so we say it to compliment him. So, logically, Nicole assumes that telling someone they are fat is a compliment.

I just hope she doesn't say it to someone who would take offense. We are considering changing what we say to Dan. Instead of fat, he shall be healthy.