Boys vs Girls

Through an initial conversation with Maya regarding her guess on whether she was going to have a new boy cousin or a new girl cousin I have discovered that there may be some confusion about the distinguishing characteristics between girls and boys.

Her first comment was that all babies start off as boys and then some turn into girls.  A little shocked about this revelation I asked why she thought that.  Her answer was that all babies are boys because they have really short hair.  Interesting.

Later in the week I broached the subject again and asked what made boys and girls different.  Again, she said boys have short hair.  I asked, is there anything different with their bodies?  No, she said. But, boys don't wear dresses. I still had hope so asked one more time, anything else?  Nope. Then she followed it up with, oh wait, one more thing, boys wear belts and girls don't. 

I have completely failed my child!  Apparently some anatomy lessons are in our future.