From the article: Where do babies come from?
Becoming a big brother or sister can be exciting. How did you tell your other children that you were pregnant? Did you engage them in your pregnancy? What did you do that was special? How long did you wait to tell them? What was their reaction? Did they ask questions? Share Your Advice
Mom of 4 year old one on the way.
- When my 4 year old asked whair do babys come from I died. I thought not now she is only four. So I told her when a mommy and daddy get marrid a babby grows in your tummy. But of course she got the wrong idea and asked eneyone how wes big or (fat) if they were going to have a baby. So don,t tell them a baby grows in the tummy, good luck.
- —Guest lora
No!
- My husband told our son, when he asked where do babies come from, that daddy put a little seed in mummy, he then asked how did he put the seed in? My husband replied with his tool! He then asked me what tool did dad use to put the seed in you mummy? I told him he used his willy! To which he shook his head and said no!! That was 24 years ago he has worked it out now!!!
- —Guest Paula
Sexual intercourse
- I told my 11 year old straight out - when the guy puts his penis in a vagina!
- —Guest Momto3
Try
- Try this. Tell them a crane puts it in there tummy. Then when there older to understand tell them the truth about pregnancy.
- —Guest sunaina
where do babies come from
- My daughter now 10 yo has always ask simply questions about babies, how do you know when they are hungry, how do you know what they want when they cry etc... when I got pregnant for my son, she never really asked anything, but now pregnant with my third she has now a general idea of babies taught early in school just little detail and she wanted to know the detailed parts left out. My husband red in the face could not tell her, So I sat down after going to get as much info I could online and explain the human reproduction as best as I could, she had many questions, the one question which is common now in days is do you need to be with the opposite mate to conceive a baby, So I went through everything I in detail and I find she has a greater respect for men and women as well as her own body. The more mature the mind in a child the better the understanding to a difficult topic. Mom of a 10 yo, 2 yo and soon to be baby.
- —Guest lisa
Just say the truth
- Tell them the truth they may feel scared but just say we all had to be made some way .....
- —Guest Sally
At The First Sign
- My wife and I waited for the first question or curiosity regarding anything sexual to come from our daughter. We agreed that if no sign was forthcoming by the time she was 5 years we would gently broach the subject. The time came when she was 4 years old. To help us explain the birds and the bees we used a wonderful book from Time Life titled HOW BABIES ARE MADE. My daughter loved the simplicity of the words and concepts, and the gorgeous, bright paper type illustrations.
- —Guest Harry
It surprised me
- I told her the truth....."that mommy and daddy had sexual intercourse and that means, he put his penis in my vagina, and thats how she came to be."
- —Guest Mrz.kevin webb
Wait.
- We always waited until we couldn't wait any longer without someone else telling them or saying something about it. That way it wasn't a long 9 (10) months of waiting. Plus it kept questions to a minimum when I felt so tired and drained.
- —Guest MomtoaFew
