Naked Wrestling

You might assume by the title of this post that this is going to be a very exciting read. Well, I hope it is, but it won't be for the reasons that you're thinking. 

Our twin boys are just a little older than 3 years old. During the past month or so, they've really shown a strong desire to increase their naked time. As with most people, naked time used to just be for tubby and getting dressed. But now it's more frequent. 

Two days ago, one of them said "Let's get naked and show the fishies!" At least there is a purpose, I suppose. 

One unfortunate part of the naked shenanigans is they get pretty rambunctious at the same time. My wife is always VERY concerned about injury to "delicate" areas. But general injuries do occur too. 

The other day, they had a head-on collision and Lukas' eye swelled up and was black and blue in minutes. You would think no one really knew about this incident but then my wife received a text message from another mother at day care about Lukas telling her that he got his black eye from naked wrestling. Big mouth. Well, I guess it could be worse. He could have said his daddy gave him the black eye and then who knows where we'd be right now!  

From all of my very detailed research on the subject (mostly mommy blogs online), this seems to be very normal behavior, so I guess that's a good thing. Luckily, they know their limits and know that it's just in the house—so far they haven't tried to have naked time in the middle of Target or anything like that. 

KidsHealth.org says it's not only normal, but as parents, we should not react as though it's a bad thing. That way, they know that curiosity of their body is normal. 

But this same Internet research also shows me that the parenting world is slightly divided out there about whether or not it's OK for their toddlers to be naked.

But really, as with many traits I see in children, this is another one I wish I had. I mean really, tell me you wouldn't like to just hang on the couch naked and watch TV. Oh I know, you could do that anytime, right?  Well go ahead...and I will live vicariously through you the because I don't have that opportunity.

Does it just kick in that being naked is a bad thing? Or is that taught by us? Look, I'm not saying I want the boys to be nudists. But there's something to be said for being comfortable in your own skin. At some point in society, we put shame on bodies and of course parents of daughters or women in general could talk all day about body image issues these days.

I'm just hoping this naked twin wrestling doesn't turn into a niche market or shtick for them when they get older. Might be a good money maker in general, but slightly creepy when you're doing it at 25.

Happy naked time everyone.