Moooooo!
Dear Diary,
I wanted to record my conversation with Gremlin about how babies are born. I’m afraid I won’t remember if I don’t write it down. Geez O’Pete! I’m 37 not 73, yet I’ve already forgotten some of the details!
Somehow the conversation started with OldMan, then he asked me if I wanted him to explain it to Gremlin. OH dear Lord, a 9 year old to a 5 year old.…NOOOOOOOO!
I asked Gremlin, “Do you know how the babies come out?” and he actually started off pretty good.
“I think a doctor cuts open the belly and pulls the baby out, then he’ll have to sew the mom up so her guts don’t spill out.”
“That’s pretty good, Gremlin. That’s one way, but do you know the normal way?”
“Uhm…the doctor pulls a long glove on…all the way up to his armpit, reaches into the mom’s bo-bo, pushes the poop out of the way, then gently pulls the legs out.”
…ahem…
“Gremlin. We’re not cows!”
I think the poor kid got confused with a bad Dirty Jobs episode!
I ended up telling him that mom’s push the baby out of their pee-pee.
Gremlin’s eyes got HUGE and he said, “No way! That is too small!”
“Yes, but God made our bodies to be able to stretch.”
He shuddered and as he walked away he muttered, “I don’t want to hear about it.”
I giggled and giggled over that one. The best part is when he came back a little later and said, “I’m sorry I hurt you coming out, Mom.”
YES! The boy gets it!
Love him.….
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This is a great post!! From the failing memory to your son’s delayed and incredibly sweet reaction. Love it.
And I think I saw that episode of Dirty Jobs.
Okay so after seeing your cute cow pic, instead of reading diary — I saw “dairy” at first! heehee
ok i never had to well tell my children where well babys come from but well i think thay kind of just know that well babys grow in there mommys and well years a go we had a cat and well my son at the time i think he was abt 4 or 5 and well when the cat got ready to have her babys he seen here runing a round the house he came up to me and told me mom dimond(that was the cats name) just poped out a mouse out of her but and well it was realy funny how he said it and well i went right over to where the cat was and well help out out and got her in to a box and things and well i then had to tell my son that it was not a mouse but that it was a baby cat and that time had came for dimond to have her babys. so well thats abt it but well that how my son found out well kind of where babys come from. and well he be 12 this yearand i wonder if he well found out any diffent as fo yet or not but if he did not in time he will know.
What a precious conversation! I wish I had thought to write it down with my son.