So last night Craig was giving the boys a bath while I made dinner, when Craig called for me in an urgent voice. When I got to the bathroom, Craig told me that Luke had something to ask me.
"Why are testicles important for making babies?" Luke asked, blushing slightly.
And then Craig and I started giggling.
What are we, sixth grade boys in health class? Come on.
And what was up with Craig pulling me into the middle of this? I didn't know what questions had come before this, what information Craig had already supplied.
So then we stepped out of the bathroom and conducted a whispered conversation. Another shining moment in our parenting history, to be sure.
I told Craig that he should answer the questions that Luke asks as simply and directly as possible. Play it cool. Don't give more information than Luke asks for. Apparently, this is what Craig had tried to do, but Luke kept pressing the conversation until Craig wasn't sure what to say.
So I went back in the bathroom, and answered as breezily as possible after that ridiculous series of events, "Well, a baby is made with a sperm and an egg. The egg comes from the mom and the sperm from the dad. The testicles help make the sperm."
"Why does the baby only grow in the mom?" Luke asked.
"Because the mom has the uterus, remember, the special place where the baby grows?" I replied.
"Why didn't God give men uteruses?" Luke continued.
"Well, Luke, that is a really good question," I responded.
And then that was enough, and Luke went back to splashing in the bath.
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The girls recently asked me what their clitorises are for! Obviously they're on the same page here. I said they were simply to feel good. And yesterday Emily overheard me say something about Viagra, and asked what that was for... And she's been asking about me having more babies.
I don't plan to tell her that I'm going to get a Mirena soon. :)
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