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My eight-year-old daughter was only 18 months old when her little brother joined our family, so I’m not exactly sure what she thought of it all. After reading this delightful book together, we chatted a bit about the book and what she used to think about how babies originated. Take a look:
We took our cue for the giggly conversation from the official book trailer video, which my daughter has loved watching a few times now. (My younger son, too, though he was a bit camera-shy when it came time to make our own video!) Get ready to giggle along, too:
Head over to my full review post on 5 Minutes for Books to hear more of my thoughts on this new picture book. I can tell you that as both a parent and an early childhood educator, I’m giving it two BIG thumbs up!
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Kimberly says
We just welcomed a new baby and I’m not sure where my daughter thinks he came from. We prepared her for his arrival and she would say hi to him in my stomach, but she never really asked how he got there.
Diana Hatch says
My children always knew that Heavenly Father sent them
Les Johnson says
I knew that babies came from mama’s bellies, but I didn’t understand quite how they got in there. I thought it was from kissing a lot. haha
Nancy says
When I was little, I think I just thought they grew inside a mother’s tummy.
Terry Maigi says
My little girl just says they grown in mommies tummies! So I’m just gonna leave it at that for now 🙂
Cassandra Eastman says
My 5 year old just asked the other day, and I wasn’t sure how to answer. Right now he just knows they come from mommy’s tummy!
Antonia says
When I was younger, I knew that women for pregnant, but I just thought that it “happened”. The men on television always seemed so surprised, and my sister and I are only 15 months apart, so there really want much asking on my end.
anita says
My daughter knows that babies come from Mommy’s tummy. She also knows that Daddy’s sperm fertilizes Mommy’s egg. Luckily, she believes that happens through kissing and that’s why she’ll NEVER kiss a boy! Hahaha!
Vickie Couturier says
I was always as honest as I could be,,without going into too much details,,I told them as little as I could get by with until they were older and could understand more
Meagan bs says
i cant remember what i thought, my daughter just says from mommys tummy. she may have her own thoughts on it though, that i don’t know of.
Alvina Castro says
munchkin knows its from mommys tummy but he still wonders more about where babies come
Debra says
I don’t remember if my parents ever really had a sit down chat with me about, where baby’s come from. But, I always recall the stories of baby being delivered by storks in diapers. I don’t know how to exactly bring up the stories of babies to my young son, but I’m sure we will come up with something and hopefully this book will help as well.
Anita Yancey says
When I was little I just thought the doctor brought the baby with him.
Heather B says
My parents were always honest about it with us, I don’t recall my children ever thinking anything differently either we always told them.
Liza Vladyka says
not really sure but i have a cute story when i was 7 months prego my 3 yr old son loved my son kicking so i was craving lobster my son saw the lobster walking on the ground and freaked out that it would eat his baby in my tummy
Debbie says
I thought you went to the hospital to get a baby. I guess I thought hospitals were baby stores!
shelly says
When I was little I thought they came from the cabbage patch.
Rebecca Parsons says
When i was little I thought the stork brought them! Goofy me!
anne says
I don’t remember but this book looks lovely.
Mami2jcn says
I don’t remember where I thought they came from. I’d love this book for my daughter.
Bernadette says
I don’t remember where I thought babies came from, but so far, I have been honest with my own children. I could use a book though!
Jennifer Thorson ( says
I’ve been very straightforward with my kids, which meant at least one uncomfortable lunchtime for the teachers at preschool when another child asked where babies come from and my kid gave them the full story.
I don’t remember believing anything but the truth, which is funny because my mother loved all the other stories from childhood. She still writes from Santa on some of my presents.
Adrien Beatty says
Mommys tummy they have not quite yet asked that question.
Wehaf says
I can’t remember believing anything other than the truth – my parents were very honest with us.