Hi, I have a 6 year old and I am 11weeks pregnant now...6 yr old is asking questions?

Question

Hi,
I have a 6 year old daughter and i am 11weeks pregnant. My 6 year old is asking questions about where the baby will come from and how did the baby get in my somach. How do I answer these questions on a 6 yeard old's level without exposing her to too much?

Answer 1

6 years old is okay to have the ol' 'birds and bees' talk. Go to your local library and see if they have any books for little kids to understand this. Good luck with your talk and with your new baby.

Answer 2

I don't think that you can over expose. Just be honest. I have a 4 1/2 year old son and he knows that momma is having a baby. He doesn't know and hasn't asked how it got there mind you.
He has known for a long time about how the bodies and male and female are different. We told him once I started to show that he was going to be a big brother and that bump was a new baby growing in my tummy.
He knows that the baby is too small to be out and that momma is keeping it safe while it grows big enough.
He asks just about every day if the baby is grown enough and if it's almost time for me to go to the hospital to have the baby
He watched A Baby Story with me one day (it isn't too graphic at all) and he knows the baby will come from my bottom. He is fascinated with the whole event.
We have made him a part of it by telling him he is a big boy now and he is going to be the big brother and he can help teach the new baby how to play and swim and draw.
Most 6 year olds won't ask more than you are willing to say. I do believe in being honest about the whole body thing so they aren't curious and misinformed as they get older.
If she wants to know how it got there you can tell her that when mommies and daddies love each other a whole lot they can give each other special hugs that will make a new baby. She won't ask more than that at her age.
You can say she is such a wonderful daughter you knew she would be a great, big sister to her new brother or sister.
I don't think its wrong but I know I don't believe in telling them that the stork brought the baby.

Answer 3

Good question. I too have a 6 yr old (boy) and am 13 wks. He seems to think that the baby comes from the bottom, I have no idea where he gets this from! But I, like you dont know how to explain where they do really come from. I will keep a close eye on the answers you get! Luckily he has not asked how it got in there in the first place! LOL

Answer 4

I would go to your local book store and buy books that explain it on her level. When I was pregnant with my youngest I told them that when two people love each other they can have a child. Then I told them that when it was time for me to have the baby I would go into the hospital and the DR would help the baby be born. I told them that I would carry the baby in my belly till he was fully developed and healthy enough to live out side my belly. I do not believe in lying to my children so I did not tell them the old stork stories and such. I think a child deserves to know the truth from their parents.

Answer 5

My daughter is 5 and asks the same sort of questions.
I told her where the baby comes out, that it doesn't hurt mommy (to ease her mind), and that mommys and daddys give each other "special hugs" that makes a baby.
I didn't want to get into the actual sex discussion, partially because I don't think she needs to know yet and partially because having that talk makes me as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
I showed her a book with some illustrations of a baby inside a mother and explained the parts, but other than that, I told her that she was too young to know the details and they teach you that in school. lol.

Answer 6

Just tell her god put the baby in your belly so that you can feed, and take care of her till she's ready to live with you.
Just say you'll tell her the rest when she's old enough.
In a sense your not lying either..lol
Our 4 yr. old asked alot of questions as well (none about where it will come out of) and our best approach was to sit down and explain. They also make children's book's that explain it in "children's terms" You should be able to find one on ebay or amazon pretty reasonable.

There is also a link below that I found to be helpful...Good luck, and try to keep a straight face..lol

Answer 7

This happened to my soon-to-be and I yesterday. His 4 yr old daughter came up and as serious as can be and said "guys I know how the baby comes out but how does it get in there" we looked at each other and just thought already! We just told her that she was to little to understand, which she accepted.

Answer 8

Just tell her that when a mommy is ready to have a baby it grows inside her belly, and that a womans body is made to push the baby out.

I was 6 when my mom got pregnant with my first brother. She just told me that God makes babies and puts them in mommy's bellies, and they grow and grow until they are big enough to be born. And that everything was just the way it was supposed to be. And then she told me to go play. lol.

She's six, you can tell her she doesnt need to know everything. But that all she does needs to know is that all babies come this way, and the exciting part is waiting for them to get here. And tell her to go play.

Answer 9

Tell her that the baby comes from the love of God and is placed in the mommy's tummy so that it can grow until it is time for it to be born. Tell her when it is time to be born, you must got to the doctor who takes the baby out of your tummy from a special opening. You might also find other ways to explain it from Library books that would be written for a child. Then again there is always my personal favorite, they came from swallowing a watermellon seed or were picked from the pumpkin patch. Then there's the stork story too. LOL Wanda

Answer 10

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