Sex education for three year olds

[DitaVonCheese]

I wasn't really expecting to have this conversation for quite a few years, but DD wanted to know what babies are made of. Actually specifically she wanted to know where her baby brother was while she was in my tummy, so we had some chat about how we hadn't made him yet. Then she wanted to know how they were made. I told her that you get an egg and a seed and put them together and it makes a baby. She wanted to know how you make babies out of food :) I told her that they weren't the sort of seeds and eggs you eat. She wanted to know where they were so I told her that the egg was in my tummy and the seed was in daddy's willy. She wanted to know how you get the seed out and I said with lots of kissing and cuddling. This seemed to satisfy her for now.

Does that sound about right?

She needs to know this stuff because she's planning on having five babies, not now though, probably when she's five :)

I'm pleased to hear she's waiting and not rushing into it

It's a good enough explanation for now, but you may need to explain to her that only grown ups can make babies by doing 'special cuddles' or you might find her saying she's got a baby in her tummy & Daddy put it there ala my next door neighbours 3 yo - that took a bit of explaining to a few people!!

My 4yo DD asked the same question not long ago. We got her a book called 'Where Willy went' which is about a sperm getting ready for the great sperm race to make a baby.

It is completely factual but doesn't get into sex which is helpful!

I started explaining periods by saying mummy's tummy makes a nest for a baby to grow in but as mummy doesn't have sticks and twigs like a bird mummy makes it out of blood so it is soft. If mummy doesn't have a baby growing in her tummy, she gets rid of it and makes a new one for the next month hence mummy needing to wear special little towels.

That seemed to work for DD1 when she saw the lochia from DD2 (20m apart) and as they get older I add in more detail (the nest is called a womb, the blood is called a period, etc, etc). It seems to help them understand anyway!

Get her the book .. where did i come from from amazon

I always loved the pictures of the happy sperm..used to draw it for my friends I know better now!

A book called Made With Love is fantastic, my three year old loves it and knows all about where babies come from, is a such a lively book with different levels of info, great for my 6 year old too! This is the only book we need on the subject!