How to explain where babies come from to a seven year old?
My friend is having another baby and she doesn’t know how to explain to her daughter about how babies get here.
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You wish for a baby and a pelican receives it. The pelican brings the baby in a sack and drops it off on your front door.
Sticky situation lol… uhm I guess “daddy gave me a gift, he put the baby there with special powers”
God appears out of nowhere and hands over a baby to us as a reward of our good actions….
I don’t like to sugar coat or lie to my kids about anything so I told my 7 year old daughter and 9 year old son the truth. Of course leaving out HOW the baby was made. They both took it pretty good, no harm done. I also explained how normal and natural childbirth is.
I would come up with a general idea of what is age appropriate to tell her, but wait until the daughter asks the question and formulate an answer around that–she may be told alot more than she really wanted to know otherwise.
I still remember being about 8 or 9 and asking where babies came from. I had gone to visit family and an aunt had had a child since I had last seen her. I’m pretty sure “God” or “hospital” would have sufficed, but ended up with a fairly graphic (to an 8 or 9 year old) description. I still tease my Mom that she scared me
I’d stick to something simple (a relative term, I know) like baby brother is growing inside mommy’s tummy….when he’s ready, we’ll go to the hospital and get him….This way you’re also kind of prepping her for the changes in Mom’s belly and all the doctors visits if she is taken along.
As for how baby got into mom….take your pick, god, magic, love…
tell the child when a man and woman love eachother they lay next to eachother and make a baby when they get older u can explane the details but its never good to lie because they do find out and u dont want it to be from a stranger
Honesty.
My daughter was almost 5yo when I had my son. And she was involved in all of the doctor visits (he would let her turn on the fetal heart monitor) and went to every ultrasound appointment. Then when my son was born she was right there. She thought it was the greatest thing in the world that she got to see her “brother come out of mama’s pee pee”.
I just told her that when people get married and want to have a baby that the mom has an egg inside her belly and the dad has a seed. He puts the seed into the mom with magic and it makes a baby. Then the baby grows for a really really long time and it comes out of the pee pee.
show a youtube video of a birth
She should ask her daughter more questions to see exactly what her daughter wants to know. She doesn’t have to go into great detail on sex with a young child, but she should be truthful. For instance she could be vague “There is a special place called a womb inside mommy where a baby grows and when its ready it will be born.” She should wait for more questions if they arise instead of giving more info then needed, but if more questions are asked she shouldn’t be afraid to say “Give me a little bit of time to think of the right answer.” Giving correct terms is important so that the child won’t be afraid or get confused. For instance she shouldn’t say “a baby is growing inside mommy’s belly.” If the question “How did it get there” has come up, maybe say something like “Daddy has a special seed called a sperm and mommy has an egg. When the two are put together it makes a baby.” I hope this helps
dont tell her when she is the correct age u will tell her.
My daughter is 7 and the good old ‘when a mom and dad love each other they make a baby’ still works. My kids understand how the baby came out and that they were breastfed. I wont go into any more details until they get closer to puberty.
Have her watch. she’ll figure it out, plus she’ll ask the nurses the main brunt of the questions.
good luck.
awww. um, tell her the babys a gift from god.
Well, she’s having a baby so she must know how it works, therefore it can’t be too difficult to explain to her daughter.
You just tell them the truth, simple as.