As I have mentioned numerous times on this blog recently, I had a baby shower at my house for my friend Megan Saturday. On Friday, Joshua was watching me as I did some cleaning in preparation for the party. Though I had told him before, he asked me why we were having a party.
“Because Miss Megan’s going to have a baby and we’re going to give her presents she can use for the baby.” I replied.
He thought about that for a second, then out popped THE question: “Mommy, how does the baby get out of the mommy’s tummy?”
I froze, and wished I could hide behind the broom I was holding. “Uh…well… you know how your pee-pee is different than a girl’s pee pee?”
He nods.
“Well, mommies have a special place for a baby to come out where they go pee-pee.”
My answer TOTALLY blew Joshua’s mind. His eyes got HUGE and he jumped a little, like he was startled, and he drew his breath in and made a little – huh! – gasp.
“That’s just the way God made mommies’ bodies, so they can have babies. Isn’t that cool?”
Joshua nodded, still wide-eyed and mute. At this point I was afraid I had scarred the kid for life, so I did whatever I do when I have a serious problem: I ran to my laptop and IMed Emily. The following is our IMversation:
Jenny says: OMG Joshua just asked me how babies get out of the mommy’s tummy
Emily says: tell him the doctor gets them out.
Emily says: and then when he questions you further, tell him they come out where mommy goes potty
Emily says: and then watch the look of revulsion on his face
Emily says: bdtd
Jenny says: i DID tell him it comes out where mommy’s go potty!! and he was SHOCKED!
Emily says: wow, great minds think alike!
Jenny says: his eyes got HUGE
Emily says: Now just wait until he tells Bobby that, and watch the look of shock on HIS face.
Jenny says: hee hee can’t wait!!
I was glad to know that my answer wasn’t too far off what Emily would have said! I tried to get Joshua to tell Bobby about it later that night, but he was NOT saying a word. He did NOT want to talk about it. Then I thought a minute and told him his head was too big too fit out where mommy went pee-pee and the doctor had taken him out of a hole in my tummy. He liked THAT explanation much better. You could totally see the relief on his face. Hilarious!!
So readers, how did you (or will you) answer this question? Because if it hasn’t come up yet… trust us, it will!
