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I always knew that Jr finally making that leap to a full blown reader would make things more interesting. No more present lists in the open. Watching where I set down my world events magazine or taking care not to leave private information like passwords out. But I didn’t really think about the books themselves.

I have a habit of bringing into the house books that I’d like to review for upcoming topics. This year one of the many science topics we will talk about is reproduction as in where babies come from though we may leave the mechanics for a bit longer if no questions come up. But back to my story! Not all books on the basics of where babies come from are created equal. So I am taking opportunity now to review a few looking for one that will suit both my boys.

Well at least I was.

I was until I brought in Everybody has a belly button: Your life before you were born. and left it sit on my bedside table where it was to wait until I had a moment to look through it.

Cut to scene: The boys are sitting on my clothes hamper when I walk in my bedroom – - reading the Everybody book in complete silence. I suppose technically Jr was reading it and LilB was only looking at it. Keep in mind had I had opportunity to look at it first this wouldn’t have bothered me at all. But it was still unseen as to content to ME! I admit to a little mental freaking out.

But I needn’t have freaked out at all! That night the Everybody book made the request list for bedtime books. I was delighted to see that it was exactly what I was looking for in a beginner reproduction book. There were correct terms. Nicely done pastel pictures that were perfectly age appropriate in my opinion. The books skips very lightly over the mechanics using the egg cell and sperm cell but not identifying from whence they came (Or how they get “together”.) Instead this book focuses on the development of the baby itself. Birth is also an area where the author takes the light touch approach and doesn’t overwhelm the children with too much information. I was very pleased with the ability of the author to be informative and interesting with a graceful balance for the age group intended to read the book. I expect that we will be reading it again as LilB is quite interested in discussing babies. Jr to my delight remembered much of what we had talked about back when his brother was born.

Oh and for the record WOMB still wins because it sounds like room. Uterus (the word) they still don’t “like”. Aren’t kids grand?!