Lately Baleigh has been asking lots of questions that I am not exactly sure if I am answering properly. She has been very interested in where babies come from and how exactly babies start from eggs but are still mammals.
We have had talks about how babies start as an egg and then it is fertilized. We looked at chicken eggs and she understands that babies start out as eggs but not how they are born alive and not "hatch" from the eggs. I never realized how difficult it is to describe the whole gestation process.
She loves hearing the story of the day that she was born and one day last week she asked me how she got out of my tummy. I hesitated for a moment and then told her how she emerged. She was a little grossed out but I figured I would rather give her the real info now and then we won't have to have an even more awkward conversation years from now. I also told her that some babies are born via c-section to keep babies safe. She was very interested in that process but the next day she told me that she would not want a doctor to cut her tummy to get a baby out so she wanted her babies to be born like she was. Obviously it is something that she thinks about a lot.
I guess the question is, how early is too early to reveal certain realities, and how much information is too much information? I never felt as though my parents were forthcoming with information on sex and babies and topics that tend to be uncomfortable to talk about with kids. I want to make sure that my kids feel comfortable coming to me and talking about these things. I don't want topics to see taboo. I have always felt that eduction and communication go hand in hand. We can't expect our kids to be educated on things if we won't/can't talk to them about them. I only worry that I may be sharing the information too early and it scares me that I am doing it wrong. Thoughts?
