The other day I heard a story which made me smile so I thought I would pass it on to our blog readers.

Me and Geoff my husband were sat in the living room when our child Joey trotted in with a curious look on his face and asked where babies come from.

Geoff quickly lifted the newspaper up in the hope he would become anonymous and I was left in no doubt this was clearly a mothers duty! So I set about explaining to Joey in simple terms how a baby was made, probably one of the most awkward sentences I have ever uttered…

“when Mummy and Daddy make love a baby begins to grow in Mummy’s tummy and it grows and after 9 months pops out as a little baby as you did.”

I thought that was a fairly simplistic answer but little Joey seemed to read more into it and replied….

“That’s great Mummy that means I’m going to have a brother!” Joey then started Dancing around the living room shouting “I’m going to have a brother, yippee I’m going to have a brother!”

Geoff briefly popped his head up above the newspaper and looked at me over his reading glasses with a what have you said now look.

To my embarrassment I thought kids must progress very quickly these days and presumed Joey knew what making love meant and he had overheard a moment me and his dad had had the previous night. After re-gaining my composure I said

“Joey what me and Dad do occasionally is very normal and it is the process of life but it doesn’t always mean you are going to have a brother.”

Quite elegantly put I thought but to my utter astonishment and great laughter Joey replied……

“I don’t know what you’re on about Mummy but my new brother is going to be here very soon looking at Daddy’s belly!”

Geoff slamming the paper down and storming off upstairs was well worth the moment of embarrassment I had mistakenly felt earlier!