Edie has been obsessed with the idea of becoming a teenager lately.

My theory had to do with the maxi-pad that Edie tried to apply to her own tiny pair of underwear, before I told her, “those are only for people who are bleeding.” She asked me, “Well when do I get to bleed?”

And I told her, “When you’re a teenager.”

To test my theory, a few days into, “when I’m a teenager” this and “will I be a teenager” that, I asked her. “Hey Edie, what is so exciting to you about becoming a teenager?”

Sure enough, “Because I’ll get to wear a pad in my underwear.”