Oh, $h!t...I'm not ready!! My baby is...

[LIZARD]

...becoming a MAN!! :eek: :o He had his physical at the ped today, and I sat with him to calm him and keep him still while Dr. M examined him...he's got hair!! Not a lot, but obviously, we have to push it into gear. :o

What's really sad about this?? I posted to another forum (CafeMoms) about this, and one mom was mortified to discover he's had no sex ed. I had to admit that I knew of nothing he's been told, so...we're having to take out some books I got recently and spend tomorrow combing through them.

Sssssiiiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhhhh.....

LIZARD :o

[milivica]

I can literally, get pics to you, to show the birds and the bees. Or the hamsters, rats, fish, frogs, dogs...if we got it, it mated, and Carmen took shots of the mating.

Sex ed is gradual. For years, my kids thought babies were made by the mommy giving the daddy a piggy back ride.

You don't have to cover all topics at once. Penetration was the only one, I put off covering - I have a girl and a boy, I was afraid they'd wait till my back was turned and try to make gerbils - they were still unaware that only gerbils make gerbils, etc... which I explained, once I realized they didn't realize.

Have fun with this! Our bodies are amazing. If you have any 'Victorian residue' in you from your own mother, try and ditch it.

When it comes to fertilization, go to YouTube, find the beginning of the movie Look Who's Talking - it shows the sperm cruising toward the egg to a Beach Boys tune I believe, and shows a sort of magical fertilization, and cell division. Great for 'beginners' cause you don't have to deal with penetration, which, again was a toughie for me. Not sure why.

Have fun! Good luck.

[LIZARD]

If you have any 'Victorian residue' in you from your own mother, try and ditch it.

OMG, Mil...you don't even wanna know! :o :rolleyes: :( Thank God, having Caren first helped me through a lot of it. I think I'm mostly just intimidated over trying to determine what he can understand (based on the fact that his verbal ability is lagging so far behind other developmental functions). We have some books (of course! :D ), and I'll go through them carefully tomorrow while he's in school. Then we'll see...


Thanks, darlin'!

((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))),

LIZARD :)

[tgrimes]

Or you could let him watch cartoon network. That's what I did with my boys. :)

[tgrimes]

For years, my kids thought babies were made by the mommy giving the daddy a piggy back ride.

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Mili... OMG... Either you need to put some tape over your keyhole or they learned that from the pets.

[milivica]

OMG....omg omg omg, ok that totally was from watching the animals!!! Geez I didn't realize how that sounded. The birds mate all the time, they saw the hamsters too, plus lots of mating on those animal stations I always have on.

Funny. I do remember lots of times Vince would 'inform' anyone that would listen, like in a grocery store line or where ever, that he was born cause mommy gave daddy a piggy back ride, then he left his dad's balls and went in my tummy. Yeah, so that was pretty, ummm, traumatic. I'd just smile, like "hello, how ya doin', nice day".

[tgrimes]

Oh, that is too precious, I'll bet those people had a good laugh.
I didn't know birds did it doggie style until just now.

[Isabelle]

LOL LOL :D :D :D thanks for the laughs !!!!

[frogmama]

I'm about to wet my office chair.... Psst, hey honey, how about a piggyback ride tonight?

We were in line last week at the store, playing peekaboo with a toddler in fron of us, as we checked out I said to my daughter, "she was so cute, don't we need one of those?" , she rolled her eyes at me and said "Mom, you can't just buy them, you have to make them yourself".

I have noticed Matthew has gotten little bitty bird fur in the last 3 months or so, and I have absolutely no idea how to approach the whole concept or even what words he would understand. So like a good mommy ostrich, I'm pretending I can't see it....

[Isabelle]

I'm about to wet my office chair... "Mom, you can't just buy them, you have to make them yourself"....

"soon, my dear, soon, we will pick up the color of eyes, the size, the color we combine... them put under warm light and in 9 months Voila! ..."
:D :D :p