Of birds and bees... and a baby!

My three-and-a-half year old daughter is shocked to see a pregnant woman on the magazine cover. She comes running with it and asks, "Mamma, why is her tummy so big? What's inside it?"

"She is pregnant. There's a baby inside her tummy," I explain to her. But she continues to look at the picture in surprise. So, I add, "When you were a baby, you were also inside my tummy."

She digests this information and takes a few moments to comprehend it. Then asks, "Can I get into your tummy again?"

I tell her she is too big now. When she was smaller it was possible, but not any more. She ponders over it for the next few minutes and then comes up with an explanation: "If I try to get in now, it will break your teeth. You will get hurt. That's why you are saying it's not possible."

I nod in assertion!