The birds and the bees!

[Jolie]

Can anyone help me with the delicate art of sex education?! My dd is 6 and very inquisitive (good characteristic I know) and is not easily fobbed off with a rubbish answer. She knows how babies get out, has a basic understanding of periods having seen the tampons in the bathroom, but is now asking how babies get in your tummy. So far she knows they grow from a seed but says how weird it is that you can just wish for a baby seed and you get one. "It must get in there somehow mummy" she says frequently. Can anyone recommend how I go about answering her questions without totally freaking her out, or suggest a book that may be handy.

My mother was brilliant at explaining, I think. Very matter of fact, never made a fuss about it and told us exactly what happened from a very young age (basically as soon as we asked). Drew diagrams and everything - in fact freaked out our childminder, apparently I asked 'Linda, I've forgotten how to draw a vagina' . Linda is v. clever and managed to a. keep a straight face and b. come up with an appropriate response to cover all the possible situations 'do you know, I've forgotten too, let's ask mummy when she comes home'. Mind you, think mum was also thrilled at the chance to use her degree in zoology which had come to an abrupt end when she had me!