mummy laid an Egg...

Anyone tackled the "Where do babys come from ? " question yet. Jess knows that they come from mum's tummy but is now interested in how do they get out ...she hasn't asked how do they get there though

Anyway I went to Waterstones and got "Mummy Laid an Egg!" by babette cole

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gave it to hubs to have a browse through and broke into a cold sweat as he found it "too graphic"

anyone have this book?? what did you tell your little one about birds and bees? anyone recommend any books about little girls and their stages of life ?

My husband's ex bought this book for their daughter when I got pregnant...we thought it was pretty graphic as well and that it wasn't a great choice.  Personally we wouldn't buy it.

As far as recommendations, I don't really have any...Just wanted to you know your hubby isn't alone. Have you looked on Amazon?

humm...I haven't shown jess the book yep...it's hiding under a pile of stuff on my desk..this was the recommended book by the Waterstone shop assistant. My friend from Germany says I am being a massive prude by not showing her the book

I'll just tell her mummies have massive poos.

That's a good book.  Has a sense of humour but is pretty graphic.  So if you're a bit uncomfortable with that sort of thing it's probably not for you.  We had a baby when our older two were 6 and 7 so had to answer alot of questions-and the best thing we did-the human biology exhibit at the Natural History Museum.  They were fascinated.  It really shows the whole development of the baby thing which is what fascinated my two. 

My last two sons were c/s babies so I just said the doctors did an operation and took baby out. Whew! No other questions. But the poor kids will probably always think thats how babies come into this world. Well Ill let the ex husbeast explain it when they are 16.
But the 7 year old did ask how the baby got in my tummy. I told him that when a mommy and daddy love each other enough and God thinks they are ready then he gives them a baby. It was so sweet it nearly made me sick! lol

argh yeah I didn't want to do the "when mummies and daddies love each other..." speech 

I did take her to the british museum and we did go through that exhibit but the giant womb  complete with fetus attached to the corner of the ceiling did confuse her a bit 

She's pretty little still.  The thing is to only answer the question that was asked.  So if the question is how do they get out-there's a special place that they come out-what you want to call it and how graphic you want to go is up to you.  You don't need to go into how babies are made or anything because that's not what she wants to know.  Keep it simple and keep it to the point. 
My kids were a little older at the Natural History Museum and were already obsessed with 'the bump'.   

I agree, Mindy. When tackling this issue with my children that's the best advice I've gotten: answer any questions as simplisticly as possible. If your child wants to know more, they'll ask more questions. That way you'll avoid overloading them with info they either don't understand or  confuses them more.  For that  reason I've not really used books that much. I think when my two older boys got to be about 9 or 10 I picked up a simple anatomy book and used that as a guide but, again, only going so far as the questions they asked.

PS: Mindy, great sig.

she's pretty obsessed at the mo with babies basically because in her reception class she is the only one that is an only child (which surprised me but that changed last week with a new schoolmate ) She has friends with mums with Bumps and another friend of hers likes to play house by sticking a doll baby under her jumper...not to mention that I work with babies (but hardly tell her other than I work in a hospital with babies)

She just asked how do they come out and why ...I just told her when they are ready mummy pushes them out. My mate really got on my case that I wasn't discussing it properly and told me about the book  Got on her high horse about talking to young girls at an early age about the changes of life and about how prudish I am 

No, you're right.  Too much information just confuses the issue.  When she's ready she'll ask.  Just maintain an open dialogue.  The topic will come up naturally and that's when it's best to discuss it, in my opinion.

There's actually a really good book on girls development that I got mine around 9 or 10.  It's an American Girl book(really good publishers of girls books).

I agree with the "too much info".  Kids at that age are satisfied with just enough.  When my sd was 7 I was pregnant with Dagmar and she asked me how did her dad and I get a baby in my belly.  I did just what you did, Pebbles!  I said "We asked God for one."

She nodded and said, "I'll tell Mommy to do that, too."    One of the few moments (few and far between, but there) where I really liked the kid.

If your kid asked you about some complicated political situation, you'd find a simple answer.  I don't know why it's OK to tell kids when they're young that the Civil War was caused by slavery (simple answer), but if you don't want to describe intercourse to them in lurid detail you're a prude.  They'll find out soon enough.  I personally think too much info could easily make them uncomfortable with their bodies instead of the opposite.