There is never a dull moment around our dinner table; the boys are always sharing stories or asking random questions. Last night, for example, someone asked about what kind of baby food he ate when he was a baby, and the others piped up with suggestions (mushed bananas, peas, “Gerber,” etc.). Out of the blue, the youngest asked, “How do babies get borned, anyway?”

We’ve already had this conversation in-depth with the oldest two, but I was hoping we wouldn’t need to go there with the younger ones quite yet!

All eyes were on me to answer him, so I simply said that God put a special place in women’s bodies for babies to grow and come out when they’re ready to be born. I added that only women can have babies, not men – because our bodies are different.

Trying to be helpful, No. 2 explained, “You know, like how girls have longer hair than boys.” I laughed and said that he needed to see some pictures of 80s rock bands.

No. 1 said, “Yeah, like that guy from KISS.” Exactly.

The conversation detoured to Guitar Hero, at that point, sparing me from any further anatomy inquiries. *Whew!