That is how the conversation started with my 5 year old daughter. Up until recently she has said she wants to be a cheerleader when she grows up. However, she told me yesterday that she wanted to be a mommy and photographer. Then she said she had changed her mind and she just wanted to be a photographer – no mommy. You see, she had asked me a few months back, “How exactly DO you get a baby out of your body?” I told her there were two ways. One way involved cutting a hole in your tummy, taking the baby out, then sewing you back up. I explained the “other way” to her to in 5 year old terms also.
So fast forward back to today. She asked when her cousin was going to get a baby brother or sister. My explanation was that my sister was not going to have any more babies. I noticed a confused look on her face. Then she asked me, “How do you make sure you don’t have any more babies?” I told her that you could have a surgery. Her reply was, “I think you should just pray and tell God you don’t want any more babies.”

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