Today, Jovie asked me her first real questions about being a baby and how she got here. I was getting her ready for her nap, and because she is still in diapers for her nap, I was talking about how big girls don't need to sleep in diapers. This led to several questions about being a baby.
First, she asked how she became a baby. I decided to keep it simple, so said she was created and lived in me for awhile, and I pointed to my belly area, trying to give her terminology that was age-appropriate as well as accurate. It didn't stick, because then she asked how she got out of my belly. Her guess was through my throat. When I gave her some very vague response to give her a general understanding (and erase the pictures of babies emerging from mom's throats, alien-style) she laughed and laughed. Apparently, this is all hilarious to her. Thus ended the very simple, first time birds and the bees conversation. I felt I had successfully completed one of the rites of passage of being a parent.
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