Now clearly the differences between boy and girl babies has been bugging him as again this morning he was enquiring about me being a girl baby. "What did you look like as a baby Mummy?" I replied that I looked very similar to his baby brother Jacob. "Oh what with down hair cause you were a girl?" "What do you mean Joshua?" "Girls have down hair and boys have sticking up hair." Not the medical definition, but a definition none the less.

Ok, so it appears that a little more information is required to help my son understand this tricky topic. I must admit it has been a few months since we have had the "birds and bees" type discussion. I feel that I need to add here that in a previous life I was a Science teacher. I therefore think it's important to be as truthful as possible in such situations so that I don't give my boy any major misconceptions. I explained it to him as best I could for a four year old to understand. Josh giggled. What was funny? "Tadpoles come out of your willy Mummy? That's silly!" Not quite what I had said but along the right lines I suppose, and he was very pleased that he had won a race to get to the egg. He has also gone as far as telling my pregnant friends that their baby's will come out with a big push! And scared a few by telling them that the doctors may have to use "sharp scissors" whilst doing cutting movements with his fingers. Maybe there is some doctor potential there after all!

Last year whilst bug hunting in the garden Josh was really excited with a worm he found. I was busy trying to find some woodlice - I particularly like the ones that roll into a ball, but they don't seem to be resident in our garden.  I had got a teeny bit distracted poking woodlice when Josh came back with his worm - a piece in each hand. "Mummy, I think hes really really poorly" So the dreams of my son being a successful consultant are certainly fading but at least my boy has made me giggle.