But how the hell did we go from cartoon animals to babies coming out of tummies? Oh by the way, I told him to ask daddy that question. I should have said to ask Giddo (arabic for grandpa)…he’s spending the weekend at his house and I am sure Giddo would love to answer than one 😉
Oh and before I get comments about not talking to him about it…I wanted to think through my answers first before I just say something. Because I’m sure the next logical question would be “how do babies get there?” and well, I’m sure the preschool teacher and all the other parents would not appreciate my 4 year old going back to school telling everyone that mommy and daddy love each other, hug a bit and BAM! a baby is in mommy’s tummy. Or would I say uterus since that’s the correct term? See why I need to think through, check out some age appropriate books, etc???
I am all for open lines of communication and questions…lord knows I’m the queen of questions…I just never thought I would be getting these types of questions, so soon.
My oldest had that question when I was pregnant. I told him that god put the baby in my tummy to grow and be safe and the doctor takes the baby out when we go to the hospital. His answer….”Oh, ok” and off to playing again. Whew.
Yeah, my 4 year old has asked me that and I told him kinda the truth, that I pushed and pushed and out he came. He said, like when I have to poop? I said yes. Seems harmless, we’ll see if any of my relatives ask me about him repeating that one. lol
My son is facinated with poop and he would totally hear it as “when you poop, you have a baby”. HAHA!
My son asked me that same thing..so I bought a book. i do not remember the title but it was an Usborne book. I ordered it and when i got it was so detalied I remember one of the lines saying” the mommy and daddy lay in bed together….” I don’t even know where it is but I NEVER showed it to him!!! Good luck 🙂