I said God planted a seed in my belly, and a baby grows, similar to how a tree grows from other seeds. My 3 yo does not need to know specifics.

It's not the stork!

Thank you all! I appreciate the recommendations/wording!

There is a seed deep inside the man’s body and an egg deep inside the woman’s body. When they join and stick in the uterus (a special place where the baby grows) then they can become a baby.

How does the seed get to the egg?

Part of the man called a penis was designed by nature to fit together with a part of the woman called a vagina. The seed comes out of the penis when it is in the vagina and swims to the egg.

Anonymous wrote:We recently told my 5 year old that we're expecting another baby and the questions have begun. Specifically, how did the baby get in your tummy? I knew this was coming but hadn't had time to do the research yet and was caught off guard! I know you're supposed to stick to the short answers, only answer what they've asked, use correct body parts. And that's helpful information expect...how do I answer this question for a 5 year old? If he keeps pushing, is it really time to introduce the very early/basic idea of sex? Help please!

Yep.

I liked PP's wording- dad planted the seed in mom's belly.

Anonymous wrote:OP It's Not the Stork! is written for kids age 4 and up.
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Stork-Families-Friends/dp/0763600474/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Came here to write the exact same recommendation.

You can keep to the
Daddy has a sperm that connects with an egg in my body. (Or puts in my uterus where the egg is) The sperm all want to join with the egg. One of those sperm wins and that becomes our baby. The baby will grow and grow for 9 months and then be born, just like you were.

And hope he doesn't ask how Daddy puts the sperm in your body.

OP It's Not the Stork! is written for kids age 4 and up.
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Stork-Families-Friends/dp/0763600474/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I told my son about my eggs and DH's sperm, and how they join together to form a baby. Months later, he asked how they come together, and DH told him that sleep (or lay? I forget) really closely together, and that's when it happens.

You have to research how the baby got in your tummy? You don't know? If you don't know, you shouldn't be producing children and raising them - you're not qualified.

Just say there's an egg in the woman that meets the sperm a man produces, and when they come together, they make a fetus which grows into a baby.

There’s a really cute book called the baby tree that we used for our kids to explain a new baby. It has a pretty simple explanation that we still use for our 4 and 7 year olds.

I told my kids about the eggs inside of me.

You say “Daddy planted a seed and now it’s growing into a baby!”

Ask him what do you think?

We recently told my 5 year old that we're expecting another baby and the questions have begun. Specifically, how did the baby get in your tummy? I knew this was coming but hadn't had time to do the research yet and was caught off guard! I know you're supposed to stick to the short answers, only answer what they've asked, use correct body parts. And that's helpful information expect...how do I answer this question for a 5 year old? If he keeps pushing, is it really time to introduce the very early/basic idea of sex? Help please!