Yup, he asked it. The question.
"How does the baby get in the mommy's belly?"
Really? Already? He's not supposed to ask that for another few years.
While Michiel discreetly walked away, I yammered something about how when a mommy and daddy love each other alot they decide to make a baby and then the baby grows in the mommy's belly.
Great, right? Quick thinking. Skip over the difficult bits.
Nothing doing. Alexander was not deterred. "No, what I mean is: How does the baby get IN the mommy's belly?"
So, what did I do? I panicked, of course. I laughed and promptly changed the subject.
The next day, he brought it up again at lunch, apropos of nothing. "But I was really wondering how the baby gets inside the mommy's belly."
I swear, there is no distracting this boy! But this time, I was better prepared. I told him about the egg and the sperm and the egg getting fertilized. I drew comparisons to the animal kingdom. All the while Alexander chewed and nodded thoughtfully. I hoped this would be enough for him, especially since he probably didn't understand all of it.
At the end he said, "Okay. Can I have a toetje (dessert) now?"
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