A first...the birds and the bees

Had my first real experience with the birds and the bees subject this morning. Clara asked me how babies get inside mommies' tummies. I started with well....

Then she went on to say "Adin Sousa at school says that they cut mommies' tummies to put the babies inside."

I said, "well they don't cut mommies' tummies." Then I proceeded to start explaining that mommies' have eggs inside them and I started to give an illustration using birds and how their babies hatch out of eggs. But then she moved on and was no longer interested in hearing anymore.

But had she wanted to listen more, I would not have said that human babies hatch out of eggs (and plus she knows that is not true, I wouldn't want her to think I tell her lies), I would have explained in terms she understands that a woman's egg is inside our bodies and a man is needed to fertilize the egg. And then the baby starts to grow.

A first anyway whether the whole subject was explained or not. Even a first with the simple fact that, she heard info from a kid at school. I can really see where some parents are coming from when they feel very strongly about teaching their kids sex education. I don't know if I exactly want my child to believe a woman's tummy is cut and then a baby is put inside. Of course, I am not going to sit down and teach my 5 year old all about the birds and the bees right now but I also don't want her hearing the incorrect information from kids at school.

This is also just funny...how these questions/subjects just start to happen and come up in a child's life.