The Birds and the Bees

Soren is very into science these days. He loves hearing about how everything works and he is very interested, specifically, in anatomy and physiology of all animals.  Lately, he has been asking about reproduction.  We try to keep it as scientific as possible.  We talk about mammals versus reptiles. He knows about pollination.  He knows that babies need a “seed” and an egg and that women are born with eggs in their bellies.  He asks lots of really good questions, and again, I try to give him the most straight forward and accurate answer possible.  It wasn’t until the other day that Soren asked the dreaded question of how the “seed” got into the mommy’s belly where the egg lies.  So I swallowed hard, thought for a brief moment, and gave him the most scientific answer I could come up with for a 4 year old…”Magic” 

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