Ok my 6-year-old is asking about where babies come from...

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And I told her they grow in mummy's tummy. She then asked how they got in my tummy and I (to my shame) dodged the question.

She is soo young! Is she too young? I was thinking about buying a book for her - does anyone know any good ones?

I suspect this may be coming from playground talk as apparently two girls in another class cornered a boy and asked him to 'sex them' just before end of term!

Do you think it's better she has the facts? Or should I just let it go? I always thought I would be cool about this but when it comes to it - I admit it - I'm a coward.

at this thread, having me in stitches with all the seeds and tadpoles!

On a pedantic note I teach secondary biology and it is really difficult to get out of some children's heads the idea of 'growing in the mummy's tummy'

Seriously, some children have even asked me if it hurts the baby when the mum's food falls on them!

So, ladies, can we please introduce the idea of a womb? I told my DD when she was 2 and she is now 4 and fine with the idea of a seperate room for the baby to grow in.

Ta muchly, you will be saving me and my kind a big job in the future

We had a book with one of those little mini lps that took us through with story and song at around about 3 and 4 yo. Wish I could find it now...

Duly noted Pat. I will introduce this chapter the next time she brings it up. She is already a bit fascinated about how the sandwiches get down the umbilical cord!

Another one whose had the talk already, dd is 4 and I'm currently pregnant, so she wanted to know how the baby got in my tummy. Like other responses I said I have an egg, daddy has a sperm, a bit like a very tiny tadpole. The tadpole swims into the egg and it grows into a baby. When she asked how the tadpole got to the egg I just said we had a very special cuddle that Mummies and Daddies have sometimes. She seemed satisfied with that, for nowt lest!

a SONG??

They'd bothlove that. I'd never hear the end of it.

'now at least' seem to be missing a few 'a's.

Yes DD asked how a baby could be in my tummy, 'isn't it where your food goes,' so I explained about a womb. Was then asked exactly where it is and then she wanted to see my C-section scar. Again.

She thinks people have to cut a hole in your tummy to get the baby out ...I really need to put her straight.

Maybe some wine just before will help

I wouldn't give her wine. SS will have a field-day .

Me too! We do wombs!

Sorry to distract from the light-heartedness of this thread, but reading so many of the above replies really annoys me!

I cannot understand how answering questions on the facts of life is any different to answering any of the other questions that children ask on a daily basis? Why this need to tie oneself in knots, titter about it and come out with some, frankly, odd explanations at times?

Why is learning about the body, sex and relationships any different from learning about colours, types of animal or maths? Why can't parents be open and straightforward with things?

DD is now nine. She's known about periods and sex for as long as I can remember. She's known that sex is for procreation and for fun. She knows about different types of contraception. There are condoms in the bathroom cabinet, I have a contraceptive patch on my hip (that she knows about and knows what it does) and she is perfectly aware of these things and totally unfazed by them. I've always wandered around naked in the house, as does she.

She came home from school yesterday, slightly bemused, as they'd been told that next year, in Year Five, they'd have 'The Talk' about sex, relationships etc. She couldn't understand why so many of the children in her class were sniggering, making inane and inaccurate comments and generally treating the subject as a big taboo.

Why are the British so uptight?

Where are you Rockinsock bunnies?

My German friend cannot understand my discomfort.

I think we all know it's ridiculous. I always thought I would be cool about it but actually I think I must be rather repressed

I'm in London ! And am British myself.

She seems a bit old to me. DS is five and a half and I am quite surprised that he has shown no interest whatsoever in asking any questions about any of this (except around whether some boys could have babies, given that boys could marry boys). I'm hoping/assuming that this pregnancy will kickstart his interest a bit, but have no idea where the helpful books I bought a couple of years ago (in the expectation that he'd be wanting to talk about this at any moment) have gone.

My 7 year old DSS asked if my baby will be coming out of my belly button! I just told him the truth, that normally they come out of your lady bits!

He hasn't asked how it got there but I'd be tempted to tell him the truth- why lie? They find out sometime!