How are Babies Made?: Funny Conversations With Kids

Kids can say the most hilarious things sometimes. Because sometimes talking about sex can happen in funny situations so it’s important to laugh. So here are a few funny stories and conversations that I have heard about how parents have told their children about how babies are made and vice versa…. and we can all have a laugh at the same time regardless of how we feel. Perhaps parents could use these as well as great funny conversation topics to get your kids talking.

A parent to child conversation about how babies are made?

In the shopping queue at the checkout at Kmart... surrounded by many people

Child to parent: How are babies made? (in car on way home from soccer)
Parent to child: I found you on the soccer pitch! (Oh dear!!)

At a local soccer game where my friend’s six year old son asked a large lady how a baby got into her tummy, (she was not pregnant!). She was gorgeous and responded by saying thank you for the compliment, but it was fat and not a baby! She told the boy to ask his mum and guess what, that’s what he did!

Child to parent: How are babies made?
Parent to child: I bought you at Kmart because you were on special.

At a restaurant with a friend who is pregnant and once again surrounded by many people.

Child to parent: How did a baby get into your stomach?
Parent to child: You were on the menu.

Child to parent: How are babies made?

Parent to IVF child: You were mixed in a glass with sperm from dad and an egg from mum and I swallowed you.

A child’s view about how babies are made?

My mum swallowed a watermelon seed and it grew into a baby and then she vomited me out.

At a big family gathering where my sister-in-law bought her dog, my 10 year old niece explains to everyone when she sees the dogs humping that the dog’s penis will go into the vagina and that’s how a baby dog is made. Well, hello, how are you?

My friend’s daughter, age 5, announced to me that she knew how her mum had given birth to her recent sibling… she said he grew inside my mum’s belly until he just fell out one day and the doctor caught him.

At one of my ‘Amazing Me’ programs one of the children came up to me afterwards looking rather shocked. He said that his parents told him that he was very special. One day they were cooking and put two baby making ingredients in a bowl and mixed them around and he was made. He was a gorgeous IVF baby after all.

What have you told your child? You might be surprised as to how these funny conversation starters with kids may open up opportunities to talk about lots of other difficult topics. Funny conversation starters and questions for kids are often the best to open up these talks. These conversations will ultimately strengthen your relationship with your children no matter how old they are. Let’s face it, ultimately isn’t this what we want?

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Rowena

Rowena

The facilitator of ‘Amazing Me’, Rowena is a primary trained school teacher, with more than 30 years of experience in sexuality education and a mum of three adult children.

Rowena understands the many complexities and challenges at different stages in a child’s life when talking about tough topics like sex and puberty.

She is passionate about what she does with the goal that open and positive conversations will be started and continued, that puberty is ‘normalised’, relationships enriched and strengthened and as a result, wise choices are made in the future.