A few days ago, as she was brushing her teeth before bed, Julia asked me: so mom, when you make a baby how does the seed get to the egg? Gulp! She already knew that men have "seeds" and women have eggs...but that's about it. So I punted, saying it's kind of complicated and you're going to bed soon so I'll tell you tomorrow.

Of course the next day, she waited until 5-10 minutes before I left for work to ask again. I said how about when I come home tonight? She said now. So I took a deep breath and explained the mechanics, using the proper terminology. It was pretty funny - she got so disgusted, said "ew!" and "you and Dad didn't do that, did you?!!" The conversation was fine. She claimed to be asking out of curiousity, not because someone had told her something at recess.

At work I immediately ordered a book called "From Diapers to Dating", which has turned out to be very helpful. I recommend it for when your kid asks how babies are made.