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How are babies made??!

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ItsThisOneThing · 29/04/2017 07:53

I'm clueless with this stuff...how do you answer this question from 3-year old DS? I'm pregnant with our 2nd which has triggered the questions but really didn't expect to have to be faced with these when he was so young! He's bright & curious so I'm used to this to some extent - he already asks questions about why he has a 'wee man' and I don't, and boobs etc but this is more of a head scratcher

He asked why are we getting a girl baby and I said that sometimes you get a boy baby and sometimes a girl baby - you don't get to choose, just depends what is made in mummy's tummy. Then it was 'How are they made?'

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ItsThisOneThing · 29/04/2017 20:15

@isthistoonosy Lol thanks

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ItsThisOneThing · 29/04/2017 20:17

@Somerville thanks, that makes sense. And he doesn't like eggs so I don't want to mention those and scare him

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QuackDuckQuack · 29/04/2017 20:24

I enjoyed discussing simple genetic ideas with DD - that half of the instructions to make her cam from the seed and half from the egg. So her 'grow tall' instruction came from DH etc. She was 4 and I think she was nearly 6 before she asked 'how does the seed get to the egg?'

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Bythebeach · 29/04/2017 20:26

DS1 asked all these questions when I was pregnant with DS2. I answered accurately any questions he asked and as he wanted to know all the how's and whys, I told him so he has always known about eggs and sperm and sex since he was 3. No big deal and if he's asking, answer! No need for fairy stories and rubbish. I didn't volunteer how the mummy egg and daddy sperm met but he asked so I told him! Told DS2 at 4 when pregnant with DS3 and DS3 is 4 now and have explained to him. It seems very natural for them to ask. I find the questions on death much harder. We are not religious and although we do a whole 'everything is part of the universe and comes from it and goes back to being a part of it' it does seem a bit of a bleak end for a sentient being when explaining to a child!!!

sarahmum27 · 30/04/2017 00:15

Sorry that I didn't want to tell my 2 YEAR OLD that daddy got a boner and then stuck his penis inside mummy's vagina until he ejaculated

What the fuck is wrong with parents???

sarahmum27 · 30/04/2017 00:17

And why is everyone so judgmental of religion.
If I'd said 'allah' instead of god you'd all be kissing my ass!!

Aquamarine1029 · 30/04/2017 01:53

Sexual reproduction isn't graphic. It's normal, healthy and natural. Both of my kids asked these question at 3 and they both were told the truth from the start. Begin an open dialogue with your children now and your future with them as teens will be so much easier. My kids are 20 and 17 now, and we have always talked openly about everything. Any time they had a question, they knew they could trust in me for the truth.

Gallavich · 30/04/2017 05:53

Sarah don't be a twat. Nobody would 'kiss your ass' if you called it allah rather than god. It would still be a fairy story and a distraction from the facts.

Gallavich · 30/04/2017 05:53

And absolutely nobody advocated saying that to children anywhere. That's ridiculous

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck · 30/04/2017 06:15

I think I told them about sperm and eggs, and that they came out of my front bum, the more complicated questions come later.

Crispsheets · 30/04/2017 06:27

Sarah, you are being really ridiculous.
"A boner"

NameChange30 · 30/04/2017 06:33

If God put the baby there it must be Jesus 😂

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck · 30/04/2017 07:29

It would be Frigga who put him/her there, surely?

BertrandRussell · 30/04/2017 07:32

Oh, that tedious "you wouldn't say that if I was a Muslim" line.

Yes I would. Try me!

BeyondUser24601 · 30/04/2017 08:50

Equal opportunities deity doubter, Bert?

Astro55 · 30/04/2017 09:29

My 6 year old asked and I turned it around to what she thought about it all

She said 'Daddy orders them from the internet'

Might be in a bank holiday sale this weekend!! But avoid the buy one get one free offer!

Umpteenthnamechange · 30/04/2017 13:57

Can't get over "wee man".

BertrandRussell · 30/04/2017 15:56

I can just about get not wanting to tell a 3 year old all the facts, but a 6 year old who's asking questions?

Astro55 · 30/04/2017 16:03

I don't feel the need to explain every question a child's asks - it's a passing question - they ask 100 questions a day.

Some parents obviously explain everything and those kids go to school 'knowing it all'

One child's parents told him Father Christmas wasn't real and he told the whole class continuously during December -

Sex education doesn't have to explained to a 6 year old in any depth- you know your own kids and what they are truly asking

Somerville · 30/04/2017 17:12

If a 6YO doesn't hear about sex at home, they'll hear about it soon thereafter in the playground. They really do need proper answers to those questions by that age - which is easier if they've had proper answers when they're tiny, that can then be expanded upon.

Though I'm one of those spoilsport parents who never told my DC that Santa is real...

BertrandRussell · 30/04/2017 17:25

There is absolutely no correlation between believing in Father Christmas and knowing the facts about sex!

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