When you were a little kid, where did you think babies came from?

[fuzzybuddy]

I was 9 when I was told I was getting a brother. I thought you bought babies in a store, like you bought everything else . We were sort of poor, and my parents were always pinching pennies. We always bought store brands, never the expensive known brands. When they brought my brother home, I was expecting a kid to come walking in- a kid I could wrestle, and build forts with. My parents came home with this baby. For God's sake, couldn't they, just this once, spend the money and get a kid. No, they had to economize, and get a grow-your-own kid. AHHHH!
What theories did you come up with? When you were a little kid, where did you think babies came from?

 

[Pepper]

My mother would say "Daddy planted a seed in mommy's tummy" which automatically brought to my mind my father shrunk down to the size of a fingernail inside an oval (hmmm) which had a sky, a field and my shrunk dad with a hoe.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Story in our house was (my childhood home)... mommy went on a special diet. ROFLMAO!

 

[IrisSenior]

When I was about 10 yrs old my oldest sister had a baby out-of-wedlock. I also heard from my older brother's comment "it was that Italien guy down the street.) I figured that out fast.

 

[gennie]

An aunt helped me understand the facts using family dog and puppies as example. My response, "Yeuuwwwww"

 

[peramangkelder]

I knew at a very early age and I remember the majority of girls at school thought babies came out of your belly button
They were absolutely flabbergasted when I told them what really happened

 

[Pink Biz]

I don't remember giving it much thought, but once I knew the answer I couldn't figure out the logistics. Did the mom and dad decide which day to create the baby? I even considered that they made an "appointment" to work on it! I still can remember my mom trying to explain it and me just not getting it at all, lolol.

 

[hollydolly]

Never thought about it, and no-one told me, although I could see my mother was pregnant I didn't know or even think about how it got out .. they just appeared with almost regular monotony every year ...

 

[Sassycakes]

I found out about where babies came from when I was 5yrs old. I had a much older brother and he got married when I was only 4yrs old. When I saw his wife getting a big belly, I asked my older sister why my brother's wife's belly was getting soo big. That was when I found out the Facts of life.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I found out about where babies came from when I was 5yrs old. I had a much older brother and he got married when I was only 4yrs old. When I saw his wife getting a big belly, I asked my older sister why my brother's wife's belly was getting soo big. That was when I found out the Facts of life.

I was just trying to think about when I learned the truth.

I'm certain I knew by my late single digits, but surely shortly after.

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[jujube]

I was certainly gobsmacked when my best friend gave me the facts. MY parents do something like that???? NEVER! Not MY parents. As far as I knew, every few years my mom went away for a few days and came home with a baby. Never a puppy, just another baby.

 

[horseless carriage]

When I started college after leaving school, I learned that a "Stork-On," was a vulgar way of a man boasting that he had an erection. I was eighteen, thought that I knew it all, young men the world over think that, once they know that tab "A" goes into slot "B" but I tell you, that vulgarity answered an age old question:

 

[Murrmurr]

I didn't *think* that girls came from roses and boys came from cabbages, I *knew* they did. My grandma told me so.
I was 5.

 

[Murrmurr]

It's funny; when girls hear how it really happens, they wrinkle their noses. When boys hear it, they grin. Slyly.

 

[Jeweltea]

I thought if a women ate a watermelon seed, her belly would get big. I don't remember how I learned what really happens but I think one of my friends or cousins told me.

 

[PamfromTx]

Mommy would tell me that Daddy had kissed her. My brother was born when I was 4 years old and I was full of questions, I was told. lol

 

[Old Dummy]

When I was around 6-7 I watched my uncle and cousin literally pull a calf out of its mother with a rope. It was the heifer's first calf and she was having problems; the front legs were sticking out so they tied a rope to them and pulled when she grunted. It took a while, but everybody was just fine after the ordeal.

At some later point I asked my mother "Where do babies come from?" She replied, "Well you've seen calves being born, haven't you?"

Hmm, didn't seem like much of an answer, I was still pretty confused. Now, at 70, I'm still confused, lol.

 

[JonDouglas]

Didn't care and never gave it much thought until my mother started getting big. She said there was a baby in there and that it would pop out sometime. Don't remember hearing any of that stork crap.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I was born in a hospital in Passaic New Jersey which was right next to the river by the same name. When I asked my mom where I came from she said that I floated down the Passaic river in a cabbage leaf.
I figured all babies came that way.
This lasted until I became friends with a girl 2 years older than me and then the truth came out.
Thank goodness she told me the facts before I blurted out the story of the cabbage leaf.
I must say, I liked my moms version better.

 

[Buckeye]

I thought if a women ate a watermelon seed, her belly would get big. I don't remember how I learned what really happens but I think one of my friends or cousins told me.

I don't remember the details either, but I also was told it involved watermelon seeds.

 

[Rosemarie]

As the eldest child, I saw my mummy with a fat tummy, then she went to the hospital and came home with a baby. There was no mystery about it. When I was old enough to understand, she told me what daddies did to put a baby in a mothers tummy.

 

[Sliverfox]

Being an only child never saw my mother with big belly.

BUT,, in the barn with my favorite person ( grandfather).
Asked him why didn't you milk this cow.
She's going to have a calf.
What ,, where ??
He took my hand , ran my hand over her side.
Can you feel it in there?

Yes, I could feel large bump in there.
He gave me a farmer's version of how it was hooked in there feeding through its mother.

So,, when Mom asked what I'd been up to,,,,,
Told her I had been petting the new calf.

O,, has the cow had her calf?
No, its still her belly.

I think my mother gave grand dad heck for telling me that.

 

[Aneeda72]

I never even thought about it as a child as I didn’t know anyone who was pregnant or had young children.

But I totally had my son with Down Syndrome convinced that babies came from Wal-Mart until too many of his teachers became pregnant. Then he learned they came from women, and we gave him a simple explanation. But we still told him that adopted children came from Wal-Mart .

Finally, he grew to old and smart to fool. Dang it!

 

[Pappy]

There was a huge old medical book in our store room on the old homestead. Pictures and all. I guess this is what clued me in that something was going on to the mommies. Although, not to clear how the baby got there. That I found out by experimenting. Much more fun than reading that stupid book.