If your 4-6 year old asks you where babies come...

[puppydoggie]

from..what is your plan? Just trying to think about what I want to reply with.

[statlerwaldorf]

Ask your father.

[nancybotwin]

"What do you think?"

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Technical but not too detailed. "Inside mom's belly in a part called the uterus, something called sperm meets an egg in there and makes a baby."

If you're lucky, your kid will be satisfied with that answer for a while. If you aren't, they'll ask where sperm comes from. Then I'd said, daddy. When they ask how, I'd say he gives it to me. If they have anything after that to ask, I'd tell them we're going to have ice cream now. whoo hooo!!!

[softspot]

How old exactly is the kid in question? There is a big gap between a 4 year old thought process & a 6 year old one. The 4 year old may be satisfied if you say babies come from the hospital while the 6 year old may ask exactly how the baby was made.

[eatsrainbows]

Aug 19, 2012 17:51:07 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Technical but not too detailed. "Inside mom's belly in a part called the uterus, something called sperm meets an egg in there and makes a baby."

This is pretty much what I said to my 7 year old. She is satisfied with that answer so far, but I'm sure it's a matter of time before she wants more details.

[eddy]

When I was pregnant I told my four year old that the baby was growing in my belly and he would be a part of mommy and a part of daddy. We made the decision that we were ready for a baby. That satisfied him. I did tell him how babies were born so he would understand why I was going to the hospital.

[papie]

Aug 19, 2012 18:15:09 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

When my four year old asked where babies come from, I said "From their mommy's tummys!" and he was happy with that. When he asked later how they got in there, I said "Daddy helps with that". And so on. Only answer what they ask.

That' what we've been doing

[daniebob]

When I was 6 I asked that question. My mom handed me a medical encyclopedia and told me "Figure it out." Seriously. And I was one of those kids that actually sat there, read the damn thing with a dictionary on the side and figured it out. Yep. I think I was the only kid who didn't giggle during sex ed because I already knew it all.

I was 2 years older than my brother. When he asked, she said "go ask your sister." I think I remember saying something like Babies come from an egg and sperm that grow together in the mom's tummy. The baby moves in the tummy until it's standing on its head. 9 months later a baby is born.

[wildfloweragain]

We had this conversation this week. My favorite part was this conversation:

DD: Mom, babies only come when you get married, right?

me: Uh, pretty much.

DD: Then I'm just going to live with someone and not get married.

[SusanBAnthony]

DS was about four when he wanted all the details. He knows everything except the penis in the vagina part. I think we got "men have sperm and they put the sperm in the lady and it goes to her egg", but thank god he didn't ask HOW the man puts the sperm in!

I got DS the book "It's not the stork" for his birthday after that convo, it is for 4-7 year olds. It starts off with naming body parts, and mostly Ds is happy to talk about penises, lol. We rarely get as far as babies after that one spurt of curiosity.