Yes,  those are my kids, my MALE offspring with pillows stuffed up their shirts pretending to be pregnant. No, they are not weirdos. It’s all Bill Cosby’s fault. And if you don’t think TV influences your children, I offer this documented proof.

My kids love The Cosby Show. So their big Christmas gift was all eight seasons of it, which they proceeded to watch marathon style. Between being on Christmas break and having 10 degree temperatures outside, they pretty much went through all eight seasons in 3 weeks. 

In one of the episodes, Dr. Huxtable has a dream in which a volcanic erutption alters the water supply in NYC and men can, and do, get pregnant. Dr. Huxtable, Elvin, and Martin all end up 9 months along, which is where my kids got the idea to stuff pillows up their shirts.

Crazy, I know. But they do look like cute, poofy, little teddy bears.