As we were finishing dinner at Red Lobster tonight, Eleanor started talking about how she used to be as small as a dot, which she read about in When You Were in Mommy. Agnes said, “Both of you were as small as a dot when you were in me.”
Miranda asked, “How did we get in you?”
Agnes stared at Miranda for a moment, looked at me and said, “Daddy?”
Uh…
I told them that I put them in there, which isn’t a very good answer, but I hoped it would be enough.
Miranda persisted, “But how did we get in there?”
I told them that it was complicated and didn’t explain any further. We changed the topic.
It wasn’t a very good answer on our part. We have to think about this one.
Would it suffice to say that it’s a secret, and they will learn about it when they get older… like… 25…
I’ve explained it as…”when two people love each other very much and get married, they put the baby in mommy’s tummy”. That seemed to have worked for me.
I’m not convinced that would have satisfied them. Fortunately, it hasn’t come up again.