Why?

We’ve entered the “Why Phase”!  P is asking why to many things I say.  She genuinely seems to want to know.  The questions stop when I give her an answer that makes sense to her.  So, the more detailed the answer the sooner the questioning stops.  For example:
Me: You need to eat your chicken
P: Why?
Me: Because it’ll help you grow and be strong.
P: Why? 
Me: Because your cells need protein and amino acids that the chicken has. When you eat it your cells eat the protein and acids and they get bigger which means you get bigger.
P: OH! Ok. 


When I noticed P’s new curiosity I immediately told D. And then I said “don’t tell her she needs to sleep in her own bed if she wants baby brother, baby sister because the questions will start and I don’t want to answer those!”.  Telling P she needs to sleep in her own bed instead of ours if she wants a sibling has been a working strategy to get her to sleep alone.  She gets we need to make her brother or sister she just doesn’t understand what we mean exactly by “making” him or her.  She’s getting smarter so we may need to change the strategy if she starts to ease into our bed again.