4.5 yr old asking about how people are made

[WestYorkshireGirl]

so tonight DD said ''Mummy. How do people make other people? Like how was I made'? Bit deep for a Weds tea time and luckily we were distracted by a cheeky cat who found the salmon as I wanted to think about how to answer ! Any suggestions where I could find some good online info/books so I can revisit with her? I want to be honest but not overwhelm her (am not in the slightest bit uncomfortable about it) -wondering about mummies having eggs and growing babies but not sure about explaining the inevitable question of how do the babies start growing in terms of her understanding....

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

We went with you take a bit of mummy and a bit of daddy and when you put them together a baby grows.
A year or so later we had to explain about eggs.
Then at 7 we had the 'How does a bit of daddy get to the egg?'

[KanyesVest]

My reply was "mum has an egg and dad has a seed and when they come together, it makes a baby in mum's tummy". DD hasn't asked how dad puts the seed in mum, but I think we might go for a special hug, when the time arrives. I had to answer the baby coming out query during the week.

[attheendoftheday]

Kanye's answer is pretty much what I told my dds.

[WestYorkshireGirl]

Thanks for those suggestions!

[OohMrDarcy]

My DD asked this at 3, I told her mummies have eggs, and daddies have sperm and when they come together in a mummies tummy they grow into a baby. She didn't ask how the sperm got there until this year (aged 8) and was suitably disgusted at the thought