Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you answer "How babies are made?"

Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you answer "How babies are made?" https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 18:26:10 +0000 Chuckles on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ 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? josina on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ @ChitownRo: LOL!! ChitownRo on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ This thread has made me LOL. I had a similar conversation @alphagam84 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 JennyPenny on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ 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 🤷‍♀️ LadyDi on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ @erinbaderin: This really made me LOL josina on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ @erinbaderin: Great idea to get a book that explains it... erinbaderin on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ @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: We also got a few books - It's Not the Stork and It's So Amazing - that we've been looking through. josina on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ @alphagam84: I'm so not ready for these questions already :grin: ! alphagam84 on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ We just tell them the truth in terms they understand. My kids are 8 & 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. josina on "How do you answer "How babies are made?"" 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/ My 6 year old surprised me with this question this morning. My spur-of-the moment answer was a daddy and mommy and god make a baby. Her: "does god cut open the mom's belly to put the baby in there?". 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. Lol. Help! How did you explain at this young age?