Kids - Is it a girl or boy?

Emily: Mommy, will the baby be a girl or a boy?

Mommy: Well, remember when we talked about Daddy’s sperm meeting my egg cell and making a baby?

Emily: Yes. That happened in your uterus?

Mommy: Well… that’s close, Emily. But they actually met in one of my fallopian tubes, which connects to my uterus. And here’s something else. Inside Daddy’s sperm are a set of instructions that tell the baby to be a boy or a girl.

Emily: Instructions… like the kind we used to build my dollhouse?

Mommy: Yes, except these instructions are for building a baby.

Emily: Gee… I bet that’s harder than building a dollhouse.

Mommy: It sure is. And here’s something very important. The instructions in Daddy’s sperm have a secret letter on them.

Emily: A secret letter?

Mommy: Yes. And if the letter is an “X”, it means the baby will be a girl like you.

Emily: “X”… “X” marks the spot!

Mommy: That’s right! And if the letter is a “Y”… what do you think that means?

Emily: “Y”… why it will be a boy.

Mommy: Right! “X” is for girls… “Y” is for boys.

Emily: I sure hope it’s an “X”.