seven-year-old daughter wants to know how women get pregnant - want to keep it simple, any ideas?

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She's asked a few times and I've, rather unwisely, fobbed her off a few times just because I hadn't thought through how I'd explain it. DH said something on the lines of daddy putting 'a special seed' in mummy a year ago when she first asked but she now wants more detail.

I feel like she's a bit young for me to give her the full sex talk, would really rather not at this stage. Am I being a wimp/bad parent? How would you explain it to a child this age?

Thanks folks

I would just explain it truthfully, at 7 she is IMO well old enough. Don't they get some talks at school on this around 7 or 8?

My 5 year-old knows the basics. I think I talked about a special cuddle and a the seed when he asked (I was PG). We did talk about the relevant body parts too, I used a book

We had the 'so how does the seed get into you' question at about the same age.
I went for a mechanical explanation (very simple) and said when you meet the daddy of your babies it will be a nice thing to do.But not something you need to think is nice yet!

DH told 7yo DD1 that girls have a third hole (in addition to the wee and poo ones), DD1 said she'd found hers the other day! He said the man puts his willy in the hole and some sperm (he might not have used that word) come out and meet up with the woman's egg (we've talked about eggs before so she knows the ladies have them). Said it was a lovely thing for grown ups to do but not for children, she said it sounded a bit disgusting and we left it there!

I think they're old enough for the mechanics, she'll probably get bored just as you get into the swing of your explanation!

If you want to keep it very basic the maybe get Mummy Laid An Egg. It has the mechanics in a very basic way, so she can ask you more if she wants to.

She needs to know the basics at least at this age. Some of her friends will be starting periods in the next year or two at the latest, and she needs to know about that too!

Sorry for the radio silence. We left on holiday on Friday afternoon and have been on the move a lot. These are v helpful suggestions thanks. She asked again last night so going to explain today. Was thinking on the lines of just : the man puts it here, there's a seed and an egg, it grows into a baby - and these are the proper words for it.
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