Mum, How did I get here?

[Scottish_Maleficent]

How do you all deal with the kids asking awkward questions?

Well tonight I had the "How did I get here" question from DS (5) at the dinner table.

It started by him asking me who was his family when I was a 'little girl'
I told him he wasn't born at that time.
He then said ,'well, where was I....with God?'
I said yes, because I thought that would be the end of it.

After a few minutes thinking he asked me 'well, how did God get me down on the ground?'

I told him I got him at the hospital - but that still didn't satisfy his curiosity. He kept asking 'how?'
Then he asked 'Did the priest help God get me here?'. I couldn't keep my face straight and had to leave the table (without permission LOL)

What are kids like!!!!!!

 

[Madjock]

Having an 11 and nearly 5 year old I’ve been there and done it. Like you I began with trying to sort of squirm round the issues but soon learnt it was better to just tell the truth but in an economical way and only as much as I thought there age could handle. It cuts down on all the hows and whys.

I can remember some very embarrassing episodes when Mollie went through the stage of fascination about the human body, especially the differences between male and female ones

Annmarie

 

[WDWfan uk]

Yep, been there done that but I had decided that I would always tell the boys the truth and be sure to be matter of fact - and I found that when they were five, or similar age, that I'd begin to tell them i.e. you came from mummy's tummy and then they didn't ask any further. If they are satisfied with the answer, <i>usually</i> they don't probe any further.

 

[Dimplenose]

My son didn't believe me when I told him where babies come from. I think he was about 5 at the time.

Libby

 

[mumloveseeyore]

they always pick their moments dont they. My 8 year old asked in the middle of a crowded train if virgins were the people who worked in the record shop!!!

 

[Miffy2003]

I share your pain Cath! My eldest asked us in Tesco's...... I too used the matter of fact approach (though I waited till we got home LOL)

 

[DisdreamerUK]

The funniest moment I had was when my eldest DD was 7 and youngest was 5 and the eldest announced at 8am over her cocoa-pops that she knew what sh*gging was!

"And what may that be?" I asked her.

"It's when a man is on top of a woman and he bobs up and down"

Well, there really is no answer to that one is there, goodness knows how I stopped myself from falling about laughing .

Anymore funny stories out there?????????????

Jen

 

[KayleeUK]

LOL

 

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

We are having this issue at the moment.
DD is totally amused by the fact,I am pregnant and Baby is in my belly,she always came to the conclusion you buy babies from Mothercare or somewhere!
So now she is stumped!

The other night on the bed she said.
"Just wondering why the baby is in your belly?"

I explained mummy and daddys have a special Kiss,that helps make and conceive a child (wrong way to go about it).

She looked puzzled, "daddy must have a powerful kiss!"

LOL its hard to go about it, especially when they are 5!

She also said "bet the baby is fed up in your belly mummy, he wants to get out!" "only 9more weeks to go!" LOL! if only!

 

[Cochise]

We told Beth (5) same as above, the economic truth, nothing gets past her anyway so no use trying to pull the wool over her eyes.

We had a treat thursday night and went to the chippy for jumbo sausage chips and gravy. I was dishing the servings out when Beth said to me "Wow Dad you have a really big sausage dont you"

I was almost crying laughing at her