https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:33:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928385 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:34:59 +0000 Chuckles 2928385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The thing I've heard about how to handle questions like this is to give as much straightforward, factual information as you think they might be ready to hear, and to only answer their initial question. So at that age, I might have started with something like, "Moms have eggs inside them and then one egg grows into a baby in a special place in women called a uterus." And if they're happy with that, let it go until there are more questions. But if there are immediately more questions, just keep answering as naturally as possible. So, if the next question is, how does it turn into a baby? You might say, "when the mom and dad are ready, men have something called sperm in their bodies and the sperm joins with the egg and gets it ready to be a baby." You don't have to jump to an extensive explanation of sex necessarily unless your kiddo is ready or asks something like, well how does the sperm get to the egg? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928383 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:48:40 +0000 josina 2928383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChitownRo: LOL!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928377 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 09:59:02 +0000 ChitownRo 2928377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread has made me LOL. I had a similar conversation @alphagam84<br /> But my DH was like “what on earth happened” when he walked into my 7 yo saying “so if I’m really happy on a ride at Disney world, will the white pre come out of my penis??” Hahah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928376 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:31:46 +0000 JennyPenny 2928376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually had a similar conversation between my 9 and 6 year old boys at the dinner table this week. 6yo said “how do babies get into a mom’s tummy” and before I could say anything 9yo stepped in and said “well they aren’t big babies when they get in there, they start small and get big, right!?” Which we agreed to. We basically ended up having a conversation about cells dividing and specializing instead of a sex talk. I’m feeling super grateful towards my 9yo for changing the convo. We haven’t had this talk really before but I feel like them knowing about cells a little might help 🤷‍♀️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928375 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:50:49 +0000 LadyDi 2928375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: This really made me LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928374 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:25:36 +0000 josina 2928374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Great idea to get a book that explains it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928373 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:14:28 +0000 erinbaderin 2928373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: I've had the same conversation with my boys (7 and 9) in the past few weeks, and the questions they asked were hilarious. "Did you and Dad have to do that? Was it gross?" and "Were the doctors in the room when you did it?" were two memorable ones. Then the other morning my son showed up in my room with a lightsaber and yelled "Ok mom I'm ready to put my penis in your vagina!" so we had to do a little bit of damage control there. :grin: </p> <p>We also got a few books - It's Not the Stork and It's So Amazing - that we've been looking through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928372 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:56:05 +0000 josina 2928372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: I'm so not ready for these questions already :grin: ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928371 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:51:04 +0000 alphagam84 2928371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just tell them the truth in terms they understand. My kids are 8 &amp; 5 and we were talking about it the other night. They know the girls have eggs and boys have sperm and the boy puts the sperm in the girl and she grows the baby. My 5 year old asked how the sperm gets in the girls and I told him the boy puts the penis in the girls vagina and it shoots out. My daughter looked horrified as she asked if that meant we were naked when we made them and I confirmed we were :D If you just make it regular parts of convo and don't make it weird, it's not hard to explain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-answer-how-babies-are-made#post-2928370 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 10:51:33 +0000 josina 2928370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 6 year old surprised me with this question this morning.<br /> My spur-of-the moment answer was a daddy and mommy and god make a baby.<br /> Her: "does god cut open the mom's belly to put the baby in there?".<br /> Me: No, (not wanting to get real in depth 5 minutes before she gets on the bus). It's magic, now lets go get ready.</p> <p>Lol. Help! How did you explain at this young age? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927460 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 20:20:04 +0000 lady baltimore 2927460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so funny - our six-year-old has always known that Santa Claus is pretend, but she just lost her third tooth this week, and is all in on the tooth fairy! Not sure why knowing about one hasn't led to the penny dropping on the other, but I'm sure we're on borrowed time . . . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927456 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:22:44 +0000 alphagam84 2927456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter's first two teeth were knocked out when she fell as a toddler and she hasn't lost any other teeth yet but she asked me one day on a bike ride (at age 6) about the tooth fairy and I asked her what she thought and she said she wasn't sure and for me to just tell her. So I told her the truth and she didn't care. A week or two later she asked about Santa and we had the same convo. She seemed excited to realize it was us leaving her cool things in her stocking. She's keeping the secret for her younger brother but loves to look at me when we talk about Santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927451 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:33:36 +0000 Chuckles 2927451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's interesting that every kid is so different in when they ask/figure this stuff out. DS is 9 and seems to still believe in Santa and the tooth fairy. At Easter this year, he was pretty skeptical of the Easter bunny, but then guessed that maybe it was Santa leaving the eggs and candy because that seemed more realistic :silly: I'm also wondering if there's an age where you just kind of tell them or make it obvious. I don't want him to be in a situation where he finds out at school or gets teased for believing for too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927450 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:27:37 +0000 catgirl 2927450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mommy Finger: I can definitely see the appeal of an app to manage money like that! For now we have realized that DD understands value much better when she is getting to work with the actual cash. We require her to divide it up in three categories - spend, save, and share - and having her physically do it with her piggy bank makes sense for now. But as she gets older I think it could be great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927449 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:35:48 +0000 Mommy Finger 2927449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: We currently use the app Rooster as sort of a bank between us and the kids. That's where we give them any small allowance and also where they can save money (they give it to me and I log it in the app). The best part about this was my oldest would just give me the money after the toothfairy came so I was just using the same few dollars every time! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927448 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:34:01 +0000 Mommy Finger 2927448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my oldest, once he confronted me about Santa and we had "the talk", all of the other holidays crumbled with it. He had just turned 9. He still keeps it alive for his brother though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927447 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:05:40 +0000 julie31 2927447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine never believed in it. He figured out Christmas and Easter at around 5.5. He lost his first tooth after that and by then, he knew it was all us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927446 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:46:58 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2927446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: We use a tooth pillow that hangs on the door as well. I also get it out when his tooth is very loose or has fallen out which serves as a reminder and also prevents him from loosing a tooth and not telling me. </p> <p>I keep some singles in an envelope so we always have cash on hand but planning out the total amount needed is genius! Going to do that for his remaining teeth and our little one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927445 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:30:57 +0000 HappyBaker 2927445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: also genius to have the money ready! We are always scrambling ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927444 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:30:22 +0000 ElbieKay 2927444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: I am going to rope him into helping me stuff eggs this year 😎 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927443 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:29:06 +0000 HappyBaker 2927443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: @catgirl: I had never heard of a door pillow and this is genius! Hoping I can get my kids to switch to this ha. </p> <p>@ElbieKay: I like the idea that if you ruin it for the others in your family you also stop getting stuff from them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927442 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:39:12 +0000 catgirl 2927442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 7 almost 8 and hasn't really questioned any of these types of things. She will occasionally say "is so and so real?" and I'll respond "what do you think?" She always says yes and drops it. So I'm curious how it will play out. </p> <p>@bhbee: We do a little bag that hangs on the door as well! It's the absolute best because I know DD would wake up if I tried to go in her room. Also, I have to get the bag out for her whenever she needs it which is a good tool to lower my chances of forgetting to put money in it! </p> <p>Another random tip - when she had her first loose tooth and we figured out how much we were going to do per tooth I got all of the cash at once and it lives in my jewelry box. That way I never have to worry about having cash on me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927441 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:04:57 +0000 Portboston 2927441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son never believed in the tooth fairy. I’m not sure why or how he found out but he’s always known “it’s your parents”. He still puts his teeth under his pillow to get the money though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927439 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 05:56:46 +0000 bhbee 2927439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our house we still haven’t figured this out! My oldest is close to 11 and just the type to believe so I think she still believes in everything, as far as I can tell - she just *wants* to believe. But she’s almost out of teeth :silly: </p> <p>My middle child questions everything so surely once my oldest gives it up it’s all over. </p> <p>The best thing I’ve done is get them little tooth fairy pillows that hang on the door. I’m still worried about forgetting but it’s a lot easier to get it done without waking them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927438 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 05:50:54 +0000 ElbieKay 2927438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son put two and two together around age 7. We still keep up the facade because of his younger sisters. The big kid knows that if he ruins the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus for his sisters then he will no longer receive any gifts from any of these magical creatures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927437 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:26:27 +0000 togetherthroughlife 2927437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid lost his first tooth at age 5.5 and he asked the next morning, “Who is the tooth fairy REALLY? Is it you?” I asked what he thought. He said he thought it was me. So yeah, I told him the truth then and there! Haha. He didn’t really seem disappointed or anything. He still thinks it’s fun, all these teeth later, to leave it under his pillow for the “tooth fairy.” </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927436 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:30:28 +0000 LadyDi 2927436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't personally dealt with this yet, but my niece was 10 or 11 and my SIL just forgot one night to take the tooth. So she asked my SIL about it the next morning and said she pretty much had already figured it out about the tooth fairy...but it led to a very sad conversation about Santa and she didn't know that yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-the-tooth-fairy-end-for-your-kids#post-2927435 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:13:12 +0000 HappyBaker 2927435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Out of all the weird holiday things we lie to our kids about, the tooth fairy has always been my absolute least favorite. I think because they lose SO many teeth and my kids just aren’t deep sleepers so I’m always worried they will catch me. Thinking ahead though, how did your kids find out the tooth fairy wasn’t real? Or did you just tell them at some point? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighbors-with-covid#post-2927199 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:35:26 +0000 Jessiemuller88 2927199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: yes, yes, yes! I ended up texting the other mom and asking her to remind their kids and it’s been better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighbors-with-covid#post-2927197 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 12:10:26 +0000 erinbaderin 2927197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow - this blows me away, that she would say he's "only congested but otherwise fine" - he's not otherwise fine, he has a highly contagious illness! It's great that he's feeling good but the level of symptoms he's experiencing is totally irrelevant and he should be staying away from other people. </p> <p>I agree with the others that there's not much you can do other than maybe texting the other parents and asking them to remind their kids that your kids are not available to play for the next few days so you stop having to be bad cop. </p>