My daughter is 7yo so we didn’t expect to have to have the full on “talk” quite this early. But, best laid plans, eh? One of our friends gave us a rather innocent looking book for “7years and older” that talks about human bodies, how they change, etc. Right in the middle of it (unbeknownst to us) was an illustration of 2 adults under sheets with description of how a baby gets made:
“the man puts the ■■■■■ into the woman’s vagina”
Umm, cue awkwardness as our daughter reads that out loud.
We tried to be chill so as not to make it sound weird or in anyway shameful but have been getting a lot of follow up questions.
Any advice on how to proceed from parents who have been through this?
Mrs Wim did the task with LMW.
Without wanting to speak too much for her, I think starting with periods helped.
Everything makes a lot more sense after that.
“Dreading” is the wrong word about having the talk, I just have no idea how to go about it. I’ve enquired as to his status with the “the ladies”, and he clams up tighter than a clammy clam.
The day I had to get the hose out and squirt my rootrat of a mutt & his latest conquest for 5 minutes in front of their incredulous open mouthed faces to get him unlatched from the Neighbours Lab B*tch took the sting out of the whole thing over a BBQ later that night.
“So, … how did you say they were locked together again Dad?”
Again, seriously, if you have girls then you’re going to (I mean…I don’t want to assume, but in my opinion you should) talk to them about periods and why they have them, well before they’re ten.
From there it’s a natural progression.