Baby Scare

So I had a baby scare the other day, and not the kind you’re thinking of.  This was the “my almost 3 year old asks me how babies get here” kind of scare.  It didn’t happen when I was pregnant, and it didn’t happen when I had her little sister.  No, it popped up 2 months after her sister was born, out of nowhere, driving in the car to her eye doctor appointment.  It went a little something like this:

Her: Are you & Daddy married?

Me: Yes we are.

Her: Did you kiss him?

Me: Yes I did.

Her: Why???

Me: Because I love him, just like I kiss you because I love you too.

Her: Oh, that was very nice of you, Mom.

….more conversation about weddings (no idea where she got this information from)….

Her: So how do babies get here?

Me: (oh shit oh shit)  Umm…*

*All I was thinking of at this point was how to explain this without much detail, or how to table the question for later.  My husband and I hadn’t discussed how we would handle this issue..we thought we had time.  When I remembered this book that I had read “So Sexy, So Soon” By: Levin & Kilbourne…I highly recommend this book by the way, especially if you have girls!  It basically says that kids ask questions and that you can give the minimal answers for their age, because most of the time that satisfies the curiosity for the information, without giving them info they won’t understand yet.  So basically, save the birds and bees talk until they are older and can really understand.

Me: Well, when a Mommy & Daddy love each other then they have a baby.

(Silence..and more panic for me)

Her: Oh ok.  Can I bring my purse into the doctor?

SUCCESS!!  Hopefully it is a while before it comes up again and we have to go into more detail!!