What do you tell a curious toddler/preschooler?

mld93

My girls are obsessed with the bathroom.  The 2 year-old is potty training and the 4 year-old is showing her the ropes.  They want to be in the bathroom with everyone all the time.  Then they want to talk about it what happened.

I try to get in there alone as much as possible, but most days it just doesn't happen.

So, what do I tell them about AF?

krystal-Anne

No advice here, I have the same issue and Landen walked in on my yesterday and asked me why I had a baby diaper in my underwear. 

asf619

I've typically been able to distract my kids while changing my tampon (at home), sending my 3yo to get me something from the other room, or show her brother how to stack the spill-cups in the bathtub. She has asked me what the wrapped tampons were "Mom what is that? Is it a marker?" She saw them in the drawer before I moved them into a more discrete case. I didn't avoid her question, but rather told her matter-of-factly that it was called a tampon. She asked if she could have one. I told her no, that it was mom's. That satisfied her. She hasn't asked anything beyond that. 

There are some good ideas about broaching the subject with young children here -- http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/health/menses_explain.html 

micheleNYC

hmmm. Well, when I was using "regular" monthly supplies I usually just locked Ben out of the bathroom for a minute. They weren't happy but it was for a minute. But, TMI, now that I use the Diva Cup and only need to change once or twice a day it's easy to just find a time when they are sleeping or otherwise distracted since I don't have to do it every few hours.