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

Emmylou_2

I nearly killed myself, my mum and my aunt when I was about 5.

I was at school, and we were doing the life cycle of the frog. Now, this was a school for naice girls and boys - we had ballet lessons and wore little felt hats and ...oh, you get the gist. It was the Very Early 80s - when lady teachers still wore dresses.

We were driving home from school, and I popped up from the back seat and said "Mummy, did you and daddy make love to have me?"

Mum nearly drove us off the bridge we were going over but managed to choke out "yes...why?"

To which I innocently replied "Because Mrs Ward said frogs make love to have tadpoles".

Yes, I was an annoyingly precocious child!

skintchick

Person_one wrote: »

Until you have to take them to A&E for something and they think they'll be bringing a baby home!

Wouldn;t work here for an entirely different reason - I had a homebirth. And would have another, so I'd go with babies come from ladies' tummies and see if there were any other questions. My DD is just about to turn 2 and thaat's the answer I'd giver her if she asked me. I'd then fudge it with talk of a special cuddle, possibly mentioning mummies' eggs if necessary. It depends on your child really doen't it, as to their level of understanding.

Lotus-eater

skintchick wrote: »

Wouldn;t work here for an entirely different reason - I had a homebirth. And would have another, so I'd go with babies come from ladies' tummies and see if there were any other questions. My DD is just about to turn 2 and thaat's the answer I'd giver her if she asked me. I'd then fudge it with talk of a special cuddle, possibly mentioning mummies' eggs if necessary. It depends on your child really doen't it, as to their level of understanding.

Your DD at 2 talks well enough to ask this sort of question? My DS who's almost 2 isn't even talking yet! Well a few words, that's all.

Spirit_2

We explained it as a special kind of hug.

Fast forward a few years and on reading a newspaper story DD asked "what is oral sex?". Answer: a different kind of special hug.

delain

teabag29 wrote: »

and i'm a bit stuck as to what to say lol. Idea's at this age please??.... I know if I go down the "daddy planted a seed into mummys tummy" route she'll ask "how did he get the seed in to mummy" :rotfl:

Come on ladies help me out please!

I'd go for 'it's magic' lol.

She's only three! Let her enjoy being little. People explain too much too young, she will cover everything she needs to at the age of 7 in primary school!

picnmix

My DD 6 asked me how babies came out of mummy's tummy, I'm with the group of not thinking at this age they need to know the actual facts. I told her there was magic and the nurses in the hospital help, she looked at me like I was a lune and said "don't be silly mummy, babies come out through your bum!".

MoneySavingMamma

I'm expecting No2, and when my 5yr old asked I said;

Daddy gave me a cuddle and rubbed my tummy, because we love each other so much a baby started growing

He's perfectly happy with that & he's very intelligent & inquisitive!

clairec79

Just go with the 'they grow in mummy's belly' often they don't ask beyond that for a while (of course you may find the question was actually 'where was I born?'

At that age my kids left it at that, about 4 I then got the 'well how do they get out? are they poo'ed out?' (no, mummy's have 3 holes - one for wee, one for poo and one for babies'

I think they were about 8 before they asked how they got there.

Recently my 10 year old asked again about sex, then shook her head afterwards 'that's really odd, why would you want to do that?'

Person_one

delain wrote: »

I'd go for 'it's magic' lol.

She's only three! Let her enjoy being little. People explain too much too young, she will cover everything she needs to at the age of 7 in primary school!

You're looking at it from an adult perspective. A three year old will take the information completely in her stride and won't think it sleazy or awkward or anything like that. A 3 year old still thinks bodily functions are among the mot fascinating and hilarious things in the world and hasn't learned to be ashamed about their body yet!

I think its really poor parenting to leave your kids ignorant and hope that schools pick up the slack. I wonder how many kids I confused by telling them the truth about sex and babies when their parents had kept them in the dark!

Amber_Sunshine

I took it one stage further.

Aged 5, I was already reading newspapers. One day I came across a word I didn't understand, and my poor mother was then confronted with the question 'Mum, what's rape?'

No answer was forthcoming ...