Aibu to tell my 7.5yr old birds and bees?

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I've been asked repeatedly this week so told my 7.5yr basics of sex. He knew that a man did something with a woman so I explained the anatomical implication, that it was fun but for grown ups, that it was okay to find it disgusting at 7 but one day he would be interested and a bit about consent/legality/age not always to have babies etc. What age did your children find out and how? Should I worry that he's going to explain to his 5yr old sibling before we get the chance? Does that matter? I am Curious as to other people's experiences and keen to know if there's anything specific I should add for safe guarding or other reasons? He didn't believe me at first and thought it sounded difficult to do (very sweet was relieved he was too alarmed although not enamoured).

My son has known since he was about three. My mum used 'how a baby is made' by Per Holm Knudsen to explain to me when I was little, and I still have it. It's nice and factual with cartoony pictures.

Obviously tummy is an abbreviation of stomach, so I prefer not to use it for uterus, but to be fair using it for abdomen is in the same vein as calling a vulva a vagina, which I am very guilty of.

Tummy can mean either stomach or abdomen.

This reminds me, my mum explained the basics to me when I was around 6 years old, and was really happy when I seemed to understand. Until I asked 'so how does the baby come out of the woman's booby again?'

Sounds fine OP. Why wouldn't you want DS to know about 'the birds and the bees'. I remember my eldest DD (then 4) bounding in to nursery the day after her DSis was born informing her teacher 'and then I saw my sisters head'.

I have never described period pain as uterus pain. Doctors have not asked 'is the pain in your uterus?' It's always asking where in your abdomen is painful.

And obviously it isn't your tummy that bleeds it's your vagina but surely no one thinks the uterus and the vagina are the same thing? Or tummy and vagina? Or bum and vagina?

Having a general word for the abdominal region isn't childish.

I love the baby coming out of the booby!

Thanks for all the lovely inspiration think I will get some books to top up the chat! I remember being shown pics of Sam fox naked in the infant playground and others explaining to me what sex was and being appalled. 'My parents do not do that' only to go on to. Believe for years that you could get pregnant from a blow job . Really interested in how many children understand quite early

We had covered the real basics before but we used this book www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Lets-Talk-About-Where-Babies-Come-Families/1406357863/ref=pd_sim_14_3/253-6442625-0042241?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8QWDAJ6P9R27TDND6BVY&tag=mumsnetforum-21 from 3 1/2. Well done on pointing out that sex is for fun, even the best books aimed at children seem to concentrate entirely on it being for reproduction.

Sorry I couldn't post it yesterday heres the video. It's 5 mins long you could skip part of the middle to make it shorter.

I told my two pretty early because ds was a total 'why' child, and as questions always came up at bedtime dd got to listen too. I went from their questions to wherever the conversation went and what I thought it might be helpful for them to know at the time. Not sure why you have to stick to answering specific questions, it's not how I'd deal with any other subject. Plus I think it's very important to know that sex should be fun.

One thing to note is that however much they appear to listen at the time they are likely to forget half of it fairly quickly (because their minds are full of all the other things they are learning about) so don't be surprised if they invent their own weird and wonderful ideas in the next few years and you have to tell them the facts again. Plus all the other questions they may have too.