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kattyo · 10/02/2011 20:17

My nearly four year old twins are determined to find out how the seed gets inside the lady to meet the egg. I have tried to change the subject by sleight of hand three times, but it's not going to wash. It's a fair enough question. But sex education at three???? (They know about seeds and eggs for various reasons, partly to do wtih their conception which involved IVF). Anyone come up with a good book/good idea? Both for natural and assisted conception.
I botched it a bit tonight. Unwilling to talk about vaginas... only because it's all so outrageously out there, i mean... what??? what on earth is THAT about.... and also worried they would start trying to stuff their little toy animals up there.... I said the lady had a tiny hole the seed went into. THis of course was rubbish and they are now persuing me around the kitchen trying to find out the size and location of the hole....

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 11/02/2011 03:56

Just tell them. I seriously doubt that there will be any toy hiding.
Why are vagina's out there? the more you try to hide it, the more fascinating it becomes.

wildspinning · 11/02/2011 21:34

"When a man and a woman love each other, they have a very special, loving cuddle without their clothes on. This cuddle feels very nice to grown-ups. The man puts his penis into the woman's vagina, which is a special hole here [point to location, with your clothes on if you prefer!]. A special seed called sperm comes out of the man's penis and travels up the woman's vagina. If it meets an egg, a baby starts to grow in the woman's womb. Isn't that amazing?"

As you can tell, I'm very much in favour of telling children the truth Grin

Just tell them not to stuff their toys up their vaginas, if indeed (highly unlikely IME) they try to.

As for assisted conception, "sometimes the sperm and egg don't meet inside the mummy. So the mummy and daddy need a bit of help to make lovely babies like you. Special doctors take the sperm and egg out of the daddy and mummy and place them together in a special little pot where they can meet each other. Then the doctors put the little sperm-and-egg bundle back into the mummy and it grows into a baby/babies. Aren't we lucky that the kind doctors helped us to make you?"

Good luck Grin

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