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6 Hudson Valley Parent ■ March 2015 Publisher TERRIE GOLDSTEIN tgoldstein@excitingread.com Editor KATY WEBER kweber@excitingread.com Executive Assistant to the Publisher BRITTANY L. MORGAN bmorgan@excitingread.com Media Advisors KIMBERLY MAYER kmayer@excitingread.com ELIZABETH GRACE egrace@excitingread.com Community Liaison PAMELA PERRY pperry@excitingread.com Web Ad Designer LESLIE CORTES Layout & Design ENGLE PRINTING also publishers of MY TripPlanner.com family MY TripPlanner.com family baby The HUDSON VALLEY G U I D E Hudson Valley Parent is published monthly by: The Professional Image Marketing & Public Relations Inc. 174 South Street • Newburgh, NY 12550 Phone: 845-562-3606 • Fax: 845-562-3681 hvparent.com This publication is copyrighted by the publisher. Reproduction without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Hudson Valley Parent welcomes submissions, although we cannot accept responsibility for work submitted nor guarantee publication. A MEMBER OF W hen we asked Hudson Valley parents to share with us some of the funny quesitons or comments from their kids about the birds & bees, we got some pretty amazing responses! So many, in fact, that I wanted to use this space to share as many as possible: "When my 10-year-old son saw me changing his sister's diaper for the fi rst time, he said, 'Oh my gosh, she has two butts!' I was nearly in tears." — Danielle Garris, Kingston "We had the 'Where do babies come from' talk with our 7-year-old and 10-year-old. We said we found them under a cabbage leaf and brought them inside because they're so cute! My 7-year-old asked, 'Mom- my, can we fi nd a baby brother un- der the green bean plants? Because cabbage gives my brother gas and I don't want another brother with gas. I just can't take it!'" — Cortney Spencer, Dover Plains "My daughter decided on her own at age 3 that she (and her twin sis- ter) grew inside my belly until they just fell out one day and the doctor caught them. Then she answered her own question of, 'Dad, why do you have a carrot in your pants? Oh wait, I know. It's your belly button growing back.'" — Roxanne Ferber, Saugerties "I had to get an ultrasound of my neck, and my 4-year-old re- membered the last time I had an ultrasound, I was pregnant with her sister. Then she asked, 'Mom, did you swallow a baby?! Did it get stuck in your throat?!' She still tells everyone she meets that I swallowed a baby." — Melanie Codi, Bloomingburg "My daughter: 'Can I open and close my vagina?' Me: 'Sure, if you want to. Just go in your bedroom.' From the bedroom I hear, 'Open, close, open, close.'" — Carolyn Truocchio-Doderer, Newburgh "My 3-year-old son: 'Will I get boobies when I grow up?' Me: 'No, only ladies get boobies.' His reply: 'Hmph no fair!' (I should add that he was wearing my bra during this conversation!)" — Lindsay Berry, Florida "It wasn't so much what my 5-year-old son Fiorello asked, but rather his explanation of, uh, certain occurrences. Fiorello: 'Mommy, I think I know why my pee-pee gets big.' Me: (sighing) 'Why buddy?' Fiorello: 'Because I lie, like Pinoc- chio.'" — Heather LaBruna, Goshen "My girlfriend and I were hav- ing a mom and kids sleep over. I was changing my little boy and her daughter asked 'Why do boys have tails?'" — Tami Vontelzitlikeitis, Warwick Visit us online at hvparent.com/ birds-and-bees-quotes to read more hilarious quotes from our readers' kids, and to share yours! 'Why do boys have tails?' KATY WEBER Editor's Journal