How would you explain women have periods to a 5 year old boy?

Omg I don’t know my daughter saw me the other day I said I bleed every month. It’s normal for woman. When she’s a teenager she will get it.

I’d literally just say “It’s called menstruation” he’ll probably just go “oh okay!” And go on with his day but if he asks what exactly that is I would just say “Adult women bleed once a month. It’s completely normal.” If he’s freaked out by the “bleeding” thing because he associates it with being hurt then let him know “Mommy isn’t hurt, it means I’m healthy.”

When my daughter ask I just say I’m in my period so blood comes out of my vagina. And assure her I’m okay

We keep having this question from our 2 and half year old who says mamas done a poo! And thinks sanitary pads are nappies! I actually told him today it’s not poo it’s period so he’s been repeating the word period which is lovely! 🙈

“Every month I bleed like this, it’s part of my menstrual cycle, I’m okay, I’ve dealt with these since I was 11”

Both my kids, youngest is a 4yro boy, know about menstrual cycles. They have seen me change my tampons because privacy isn't a thing for them 😒 so I've explained when he asks. He knows women bleed monthly and have to wear something to help catch the blood. He not only isn't phased, but will even offer to grab me a tampon lol I obviously have never asked. He's always been the kid who needs to be near me, bathroom time too so 🤷‍♀️ His future wife will be grateful that he won't be the kind of man to be bothered running to the store to grab tampons if she ever needs it!

I just told my son that I was okay. This was part of menstruation which is something all females go through once they're older. Honestly he's adhd AF so it didn't take long for him to change to something else. 😂

Bc my 4-year-old is an IVF baby, and I'm undergoing fertility treatments for my second, I've explained to him that mommies get something like a seed in her belly that can grow into a baby, but just like how not all of our strawberry seeds grew to become strawberry plants, sometimes the baby seed doesn't grow to become a baby. When that happens, the mommy's body gets prepared to try again the next month. That is what I'm going through right now.

...That explanation probably won't work for every family, lol, but it's worked for us. He understood and didn't ask again, and also began to sympathize whenever I get bad menstrual cramps.

Generally, I don't hide anything from my kid about how our bodies work. If he asks, I explain as honestly but as gently as possible.

Birds lay eggs that hatch into babies. My eggs are inside my body & every month my body releases an egg. If the egg doesn't turn into a baby, my body cleans itself out which is what causes the bleeding.

I started teaching my sons about my cycle at 2 when they started to notice on their own. I've always been factual and age appropriate. So long as you don't make it a taboo or foreign & treat it as the natural thing it is the conversation should be too hard.