Birds and bees

Tonight, Ryanne explained to me that she didn't want anything to happen to Corin. I said that was sweet, and asked what made her say that.

R: "Well, if anything happened to Corin, you'd have to do lots of exercise to have another baby."
M: Looks at her very confusedly...
R: Looks at me very confusedly... "Mommy, you've been exercising more..."
M: "Whoa, Ryanne, babies aren't made by people exercising" (as I think in my head, at least in the way I think you're thinking of)
R: "Uh...They aren't?"
M: *sigh*

At that point, I launched into a brief, but matter of fact explanation of what happened. She didn't get weirded or grossed out. She asked if daddy put his penis in my vagina to make her? Yup. And her brother? Yup. I got an "oh" and nothing more. When bath time was over, we went to get the "It's So Amazing" book that I had stashed away for just this sort of thing. We looked at pictures. She asked some more questions - mostly anatomy related. I think she's more amazed by the way the body works than the emotional aspects - which is exactly where she should be.

*Deep breath* No amount of expecting it can prepare you for the day it actually happens.