A baby conversation

Clark is old enough that he is actually really excited for this new little baby to come.  He talks about him often (and how HUGE my belly is), and during family squeeze time he prefers to hug my belly and give it a kiss "for the baby".   He's been really anxious to feel him kicking and *finally* after weeks of trying he was able to feel him moving this morning.  We talk about names a lot and he likes to give his opinions (he was adamant that we were going to name him Jonathan for a long time--we're not).  Needless to say, it has been really fun to talk with him about the baby and see him so excited.  I guess I should have expected the "baby questions" but I was slightly taken off guard when he actually did ask.  This was about 2 weeks ago when we were sitting on the couch and he was touching my belly hoping to feel the baby kicking:

Clark: Mom, how does the baby come OUT of your belly?

Me: Well, (pause) there's a special place on a mom's body where babies come out of.  It's kind of near my bottom.

Clark: you mean right here (touches my butt) 

Me: not exactly.  

Clark: then where? Show me!

Me: um...

Clark: SHOW ME!

Me: I'm not going to show you right now. It's a private part of my body that you don't need to see.  

Clark: But what is it?  

Me: It's a hole that gets bigger when the baby comes out.  Kind of like when you poop, it comes out of a hole.

Clark: except a baby comes out not poop, right?

Me: right.  Is that enough questions?

Clark: okay.

I hope it was sufficient enough for him to be satisfied and not go around talking about it to his kindergarten friends...I'm not exactly sure if I handled it the best, but there are things that I am just not ready for a 5-year-old to know about.  And like a friend of mine mentioned to me, I'm just glad it was the "how does the baby come out" question and not the "how does the baby get IN" question.  That one will be a little harder for me to answer so vaguely.  And that is DEFINITELY not something I'm ready to tell a 5-year-old.  Sheesh...