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uhh ohh...My 3 year old has just asked me where babies come from....

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  • Lirin
    Lirin Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Yep! And had a massive gooseberry bush in our garden which became the subject of intense interest from all of us for a while..... :)
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    Lirin wrote: »
    Yep! And had a massive gooseberry bush in our garden which became the subject of intense interest from all of us for a while..... :)


    Funny how it's the little things which betray us, isn't it ;)

    I've been under a few gooseberry bushes myself in my time, sometimes with company :p
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  • Lotus-eater
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    GlynD wrote: »
    You must be Irish/Ulster then ;)
    We were always told that as well. You just jogged my memory. I'm from the Midlands though. :)
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  • mrcow
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    If you've had time to post a thread since this was asked, I doubt the question will come up again very soon. They are probably onto wondering where fish fingers are from considering that fish don't even have fingers.

    Next time just tell him/her "Mummy's tummy" and the rest is completely irrelvent at this age. Any ideas surrounding "seeds" etc are quite frankly ridiculous at age 3.
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  • sunshinetours
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    mrcow wrote: »
    Next time just tell him/her "Mummy's tummy" and the rest is completely irrelvent at this age. Any ideas surrounding "seeds" etc are quite frankly ridiculous at age 3.

    Agree with the first bit but up to each and everyone to decide on how much they expand. Nothing wrong at all with saying a seed is growing - certainly isn't "ridiculous" especially when they understand seeds growing in the garden
  • mrcow
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    sunshinetours wrote: »
    Agree with the first bit but up to each and everyone to decide on how much they expand. Nothing wrong at all with saying a seed is growing - certainly isn't "ridiculous" especially when they understand seeds growing in the garden

    My post was more in response to the posters who were coming up with explanations as to where the seed came from and getting into knots or worry about trying to expand on it. A three year old isn't going to worry or care about the ins and outs (quite literally).
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  • sunshinetours
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    mrcow wrote: »
    My post was more in response to the posters who were coming up with explanations as to where the seed came from and getting into knots or worry about trying to expand on it. A three year old isn't going to worry or care about the ins and outs (quite literally).

    Fair enough - quite different from what you posted originally however. The idea of a seed being there is a good one (IMO of course) and what we used
    The "ins and outs" made me chuckle however ;)
  • pigpen
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    And it isn't a seed.. it is an egg.. like a chicken lays

    Plants have seeds, animals and people have eggs.. some grow outside and some inside..
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  • katieh86
    katieh86 Posts: 119 Forumite
    I remember asking my mum when I was little and she just went "to be honest Katie I don't really know myself, i'll have to get a book from the library". I asked her every single time we went to the library or a bookshop apparently!!!
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