Where do babies come from?

“Mum, where do babies come from?” is an inevitable question that many of us cringe at the idea of answering. We don’t want to be vague, dishonest or misleading but we also don’t want to give too much information that might end up being a little inappropriate for our children’s age. Well, Sophie asked this question some time ago and I was able to be honest…

"See this scar on Mummy’s tummy? Well the doctors cut my tummy open to get you and Elliott out, then they stitched my tummy back together”. Yay for my caesareans! Then over time, at Sophie’s request, I had to introduce the concept of natural birth too. She thought it was quite comical that a baby would come out of a vagina but she has slowly come to terms with that idea too. Then we were driving along yesterday and Sophie declares “I’m pregnant Mummy”…

These words are cute, funny and kind of sweet out of the mouth of a 4 year old. If it comes out of her mouth in another 10 years time however, I will kill her! Anyway, I responded with:
“Really? Is there a baby in your tummy?”.
“Yeah” she says, casually as anything “I’m pregnant with Bridgy”. (Bridgy is Sophie’s imaginary husband).
“Wow, that’s special. How did you get pregnant?” I was a little hesitant asking this question, genuinely concerned about the questions it would raise and how much information I am ready to give to her about baby making this early on.   
“We got married of course!”
Thank God that was her answer! “Of course. That’s right, because you have to be married to have babies. Of course”.
“Yeah, Bridgy and I got married and now I’m pregnant with Bridgy”.
Then I thought I would push the conversation a little further. “Well how did the baby get in your tummy?” I asked, waiting for her answer with baited breath…
“Through food of course!” Sophie answers, acting like I was a fool for not knowing this. Then she went on to explain the whole process for me. “Well, you just eat grapes to get a baby in your tummy. That’s how I’m pregnant with Bridgy because we ate grapes together after we were married. But you have to eat the grapes softly or you’ll crunch the baby”.

So there you go, do away with your pills, Implanon, vasectomies and condoms because all you need to do is avoid eating grapes with a member of the opposite sex. Easy J