How Does the Baby Get in the Belly part 2

Our conversation this morning:

Curtis: Mom, why won't I ever get big boobies?
Me: Only girls get big boobies. The purpose of boobies is to feed babies milk.
Curtis: Well, why can't boys feed babies?
Me: I don't know. The same reason why mommies are the ones who carry the baby in their belly.
Curtis: How does the baby get in the belly?

* I stepped right into that one, didn't I? *

Curtis thought about it before I had a chance to answer and came up with this: Oh, I know!! When Jesus is making you, he puts the baby in the belly before he puts the belly on!!!

How does the baby get inside the belly?

How do you talk to a five year old about where babies come from? This question keeps coming up over and over again. Apparently my answers just lead to more questions. I try to be as honest as possible with Curtis within reason. At least he doesn't believe I ate him anymore. I once showed him a picture of me while I was pregnant and told him he was in my belly.
He said, "Did you eat me?"
"No."
"Well how did I get in there?"
"Jesus put you in there so you could grow and be born"
It took him a long time to believe that I didn't actually eat him.

So yesterday, on the drive to Tae Kwon Do, the conversation in the car was something like this:
Curtis: "Did Jesus tell you that my name was Curtis?"
Me: "No. Mommy and Daddy picked out your name." I went on to explain that Grandma Linda's last name used to be Curtis before she got married and that my mom's last name used to be Jackson before she got married. I also explained that my last name used to be different and when I married Daddy, I changed it to his last name so we could be a family. He asked curiously, "When I get married will I have a different last name?"
This led into "Do you get married first, then have a baby?" It all comes back to how babies come to be.

Now he knows all about the C-Section and how the doctor cut open my belly and got him out. "But how does the baby get in the belly?" UGH!!!

I tell you... I have researched and can not find an age appropriate book to answer this question for him. Any suggestions are welcome!

My Week with Grandma

Mommy and Daddy went on an adults only trip to the Bahamas, so I had an adventurous week with Grandma while they were gone.

News and Notes from our week by Grandma and Curtis

1 . Curtis took lots of pictures with his camera and my camera. He does a good job.

2. Curtis rode his Big Wheel every day to the end of the block past the pool and sometimes further and on the good hills he would push the BW back up with his feet. He refused to pedal. I refused to carry BW except for the last trip home. He usually rode for At least 30 minutes.
3. Fire alarm went off and scared us all on Tuesday. Lucy got locked in the garage. After this I only cooked with the fan on the stove. I tried to get the big ladder down out of the garage but only un-hooked one end.
4. Curtis un-raveled the blind on the deck because he told me the sun was too bright. I could not get it back up and then the wind storm made it worse – sorry.
5. The dogs were getting in the charcoal on the deck so I broomed it off hopefully not hurting the plants below????
6. Curtis went UNDER the deck to play while I was not outside. I told him not to do that again – too dirty.
7. . Curtis planted the amaryllis.
8. Curtis played his fish game for hours and became quite good at it.
9. Curtis loves www.pbskids.org played for many hours. I recorded a couple of really cute shows especially Word Girl. It is hysterical and he seemed to like it.
10. Curtis asked for Wendy’s for dinner a few nights – poor kid.
11. Early to bed and early up all week. He was often asleep by 8:10 but up before 6.
12. He played in the back yard a lot and did not mind playing alone there.
13. We had at least one hour of basement time EVERY DAY and he is still not tired of it.
14. He ate a wide variety of food s and ate quite well.
15. Lucy and Casper were great
16. Curtis is fascinated with watches - wore mine a lot –wants one.
17. Lucy ate some balls to the Cariboo game.
18. Curtis was coughing a lot last night. Thursday
19. Curtis made a valentine for Di di and Bruce and put it in their mailbox. She called to thank him
20. Curtis repeatedly asked to drive places like Wendys and Walmart and to Chastity so she could cut Lillys hair. He assured me he could tell me how to drive!!

The "Lotion" Incident

The other morning while I was getting ready for work, I sent Curtis into his room to take off his pajamas and get some clothes out of his drawer. He went down the hall and shut his door. I dried my hair. Then I realized he had been gone a long time and it was very quiet. I still have the baby monitor on, so I was wondering, "Why do I not hear drawers opening and shutting?"

I called out, "Curtis, what are you doing?" The answer came back, "Nothing."
I said, "Did you get your clothes out of the drawers?" He said, "No."
I tried again, "Curtis, what are you doing?" Again, the answer was, "Nothing."
I decided it was time to walk down the hall and see what he was REALLY doing.

I opened the door and there Curtis stood. Naked. With a guilty look on his face.
Here's our conversation from there:
Me: "What are you doing, babe?"
Curtis: "Sorry Mom."
Me: "Sorry about what?"
Curtis: "I'm sorry I used your lotion, Mom"
Me: "What lotion?"
Curtis: "The lotion in that drawer." (He points to the top drawer of a three drawer Rubber Maid chest that I kept baby supplies in).
Me: "Show me."
Curtis then pulls out a large tube of DESITIN. I almost died laughing! Not wanting to embarrass him I kept it under control while saying, "Is your skin dry and itchy?" "Where on your body did you put this?" He had rubbed it on his hands, up his arms, on his chest and belly, and down his legs! I had to use about twenty wipes to clean him off.

He kept apologizing. I kept saying, "It's okay. Mommy is not mad." I went on to explain that this is not the kind of lotion he thought it was. I showed him where his bottle of lotion was in his bathroom. I helped him get the real lotion on so his skin would feel better. LOL