When I was about 8 and just finding out about how babies were made, I used to think that the sex of the baby depended on which parent had been 'trying harder'when they made the baby. If the dad had been trying harder, the baby would be a boy, and if the mom had, it would be a girl.
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that one white parent and one black parent made an Asian baby.— Carolyn
- My friend used to believe baby oil was made from babiesAnon
- I thought baby oli was made from pressed babies.Anon
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- My parents told me that babies were made from dimonds under cabbage patches, that would grow into a baby.Anon