It is amazing how inquisitive and uninhibited children can be toward a person they are meeting for the first time. I see this firsthand as a substitute teacher for the Urbana schools as I take over someone else's students for a day and they each observe my disproportionately round belly. I've had some great reactions, often before class has even begun:
3rd grader: "Excuse me, but are you pregnant?"
2nd grader: "Are you going to have a baby?"
5th grader: "You look PREGNANT!"
I have been in the district for a while, so several of the kids know me now. Upon finding out that I am pregnant, they say:
sophomore: "Oh, so there's a bun in the oven."
7th grader: "She's pregnant? I thought she just had some FOOD!"
I saw a few students today who have known for a while now that I am expecting.
6th grader A: "Did you have your baby already?"
me: "No, she's still in there."
6th grader A: "Oh...you look skinny, kind of."
(I think she was just seeing me at the wrong angle)
6th grader B: "Mrs. Dixon, aren't you so excited to have a baby?"
me: "I am really excited."
6th grader B: " Aren't you nervous about being in labor?"
me: "Well, I have to get her out of here somehow."
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