By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough 
I never feel more dumb than when my children reach the age of two. (I clearly don’t have teenagers yet.) Because Why is the sky blue?, Why is water wet?, and Why did that bird poop on our car? were not on my SATs or MCATs nor did my diaper bag include an answer bookley. And I’m pretty annoyed about it.
Last month, my youngest hit this milestone. The WHY MAMA milestone.
So here are ten questions that I have faced and failed. Even Google can’t answer all of them (which should make me feel better but doesn’t).
(The questions tend to actually be in the order of I SAY SOMETHING and my daughter responds WHY MAMA? But for simplicity sake, I put the WHY in the beginning.)
1. Why can’t I sleep with my Hello Kitty electric toothbrush?
2. Why can’t I pee on the back deck?
3. Why are you putting on makeup?
4. Why is {insert anything happening in a movie} happening, Mama?
5. Why is it raining?
6. Why are Dada’s shoes too big for me?
7. Why are our private parts private?
8. Why can’t I lick the cat?
9. Why do I have to wear underwear to school?
10. Why can’t a decorate our front door with stickers?
She asked after the fact. Clearly.
I finally succumbed to the dreaded: BECAUSE I SAID SO.
Please don’t tell my mother.
