WHERE BABIES COME FROM!!

kids ask a lot of questions. I don’t know what parents did before Google because, believe it or not, I don’t know off the top of my head why people plant grass on their lawns instead of gardens, how fast a horse can run, or why clowns think it’s funny to pack themselves into a compact car.

Some questions our children ask are easily answered and never thought of again. Other ones, for whatever reason, stress us out. A common biggie on this list is when a child asks a grown up where babies come from. While most people easily reply that a baby comes from a mom’s belly, it’s the follow up questions that really make them sweat, like how did that baby get there? Some people tell their children whatever it is their parents told them when they asked about the birds and the bees, while others just make something up.

No matter how open you are or plan to be with your little one, since the dawn of time there have been a number of myths, lies, and fairy tales about where babies really come from. We’re going to take a look at some “out there” baby explanations that a number of cultures truly believed, common stories told by parents, and some pretty wild and funny answers parents came up with to explain human reproduction.

Buckle up, things are about to get awkward!