Where do babies come from?

May 23, 2014

"where do babies come from?"

Last week, Anya and I had this conversation:

Anya:  Mama, where did I come from?
Me:  You came from my tummy.
Anya:  I already know that!  But where did I come from?
Me:  I don’t know what you mean?  You came from my tummy…
Anya:  No mama, how did I get inside your tummy?!

I wasn’t ready for this conversation as I never dreamed that I would be having it with my 5 year old.  Maybe I’m naive but I always thought these questions come up much later.  I quickly changed the topic and distracted her but I know that this will probably come up again soon.  And I’m really wondering what to say.  Do I go down the creative route and make something up or do I keep changing the topic?  I know I’m not going to tell her anything even close to the truth yet.  I do think it’s good to be honest with kids but this is just too young for me but I still do want to give her some answer.   So I’ve been trying to think of a few and the one I’m leaning towards is when you want a baby, you wish really, really hard for one and it just appears in your tummy! 

Have you had this conversation with your kids?  At what age?  What did you say?  Can you think of a better explanation?  I’d love to hear your ideas in the comments.

Have a lovely weekend and I hope it doesn’t come with any awkward questions! x

{photo by ebabee: Anya aged 10 months}

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  • Ruby

    We have found to always be honest but in small bits! Stephen had the question directed at him one evening putting Ethan and Seren to sleep. They were not satisfied and kept asking how, why….
    Stephen was so cool and explained an honest but hopefully not to scary account using nice words like, hug, togetherness etc. avoided any graphic explanation until they sad… Oh ok, night daddy!
    We will tell them in as much detail as they need as they get older but honesty is key! Just try to fluff it out a bit!

    • ebabee likes

      Good advice! But I don’t think I’m ready for the truth. I like the idea of innocence for as long as it can last. Of course I agree honesty is very important but maybe at a slightly older age? I’m not sure of the best way therefore was keen to see what others think so thanks for your comment 🙂

  • thefolia

    Oh you set yourself up for that one by saying from your tummy…of course the next intelligent question to ask is how did I get in there! We always say when two people love each other and it seems to work for now at least. Lots of luck!

    • ebabee likes

      That’s a nice way of putting it. Might try that next time and hope it doesn’t lead to any more awkward questions for a while at least! 🙂

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