no mustache

Julian has been very interested in the inner working of the human body lately and consequently we have checked out various books for children on the subject from the Mediathèque. He is also fascinated and confused about growing up- how it happens and what it entails. I think he has associated the fact that he goes to school with being bigger and maybe thinks growing up means being away from home more, more school, less of the nurture and privilege of being the little one? There is also fixation on the details of our inner workings- how food makes its way through from in to out, how his bones keep him together and how they could break too. But as we were reading one of the books tonight before bed- it was telling about how when you get bigger girls chests grow and boys get facial hair and have to shave- he said, "I won't ever grow a mustache will I? Because I don't know how to shave." I told him it was no big deal, he would learn how to shave when he got bigger too, and that pretty much all boys will get mustaches at some point, but he wouldn't for a long long time.... and he was adamant that I reassure him that he would NOT ever get a mustache, he does not want one, and that he will not be able to shave. So I'm not sure which is the main fear, hair growing on his face or shaving, but he seemed really quite worried about these things forecast for his future. Very funny that he thinks that I can promise that it wouldn't happen. I still hold the power of a god in his world sometimes, I suppose.