Birds and the bees...

I knew the day would come, but Jim and I are still unprepared. Kate has now started to ask the dreaded question: Where do babies come from? Actually, i wish this was the question that she was asking. She is actually being quite specific in wanting to know how the baby comes out. She informed us the other night at dinner that she asked Miss Helen, her preschool teacher, how the baby comes out and all Miss Helen would say was, "The baby comes out in a special way." But Kate was NOT satisfied with that answer.

Jim's voice is never heard on this blog, but I thought I would cut and paste a portion of an e-mail he just sent me:

"I forgot to tell you last night what she said in her prayer. “…please bless that I can go to the doctor soon to see how the baby comes out…” Then she asked me again afterward how it works. I told her that only the doctor can do it at the hospital. She replied, “I KNOOOWWW, but HOOWW does he do it?” I don’t think she is going to let it go very easily. We are going to have to figure out something clever to tell her."

Yikes! What do we do? Here's the thing....Kate is such a precocious little thing that part of me just wants to tell her the truth, birds and the bees style. BUT, she is also a BIG yakker to anyone who will listen. I can just picture her recounting my explanation to her preschool teacher, her Sunbeam class, a woman behind us at the checkout counter at the store, etc. I'm not kidding, the girl is an open book. So really, what should I do? Do I make up some ridiculous explanation or do I tell my almost 4-year old the truth??