Lauren: Mom, where do babies come from?
Me: {She's only 3 why are we already having this discussion???} From Heaven.
Lauren: {clutching her stomach} I don't want to have a baby!
Me: It's okay honey. You don't have to worry about that until you are older and married.
Lauren: But how does Heavenly Father get the baby in your tummy. Does He just cut you open, put it in and then sew you back together?
Me: No sweetie. He doesn't have to do that.
Lauren: Does the needle hurt because I don't want it to hurt.
Me: Just a little, but they give you medicine called an epidural so it doesn't hurt that bad.
Lauren: Did you have a epi-durmal?
Me: Yes both times.
Lauren: Hmm. When's Daddy going to be home?
{And we're moving on...thankfully}
I always figured having "the talk" with my girls would be no big deal. Get to the facts, no beating around the bush! Plus, I would rather they learned it from me than someone else. But explaining the birds and the bees to my 3 year...not happening! She wasn't even going to take my bait of the spiritual aspect of it all, and just be content with "babies come from Heaven." Nope. She wanted the nitty-gritty! Luckily she has a short attention span. Maybe this talk won't be as easy as I thought, but hopefully I can put it off for a few more years!
8 years ago
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Oh man, I have had this same conversation with Lizzy a few times already! AHHHH! I swear Lauren and Lizzy took some "smarty pants" classes in the pre-existance together. But did we sign up for the "Moms of a Smarty Pants" class? Did I listen in class? Most days I'm wishing I had listened better. :)
Ahh!! Already?! Better to start the conversations now than when she gets into school. Good luck!
When I was pregnant with mckenna the little kids in the co-op preschool asked me how the baby got in my tummy, and wanted me to lift up my shirt so they could see it! I told them to ask their moms about all that!
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