Yesterday was a pop quiz day. Quick - how do you explain where a baby grows to a just-3-year-old? I apparently did not do a very good job. I told Roman I was calling Nicole to see if her baby was coming yet. Here is a general outline of our conversation:
"Where is the baby coming from?"
"They have to go to the hospital, honey. It's in Nicole's tummy." (danger! danger!)
"I was in your tummy?"
"No, sweetie, we went to a baby home to get you. Some people have babies from their tummy, and some people go to baby homes. We chose to get you from a baby home in Russia!"
"And then you chewed me?"
"What?!"
"Chew me... eat me."
"To get you into my tummy?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh, sweetie, no...."
And then I was lost. I never expected it to become a "birthmom-baby home-adoption" discussion, although I should have known better. So it's time to go through his Russia book again and have a better explanation. Luckily, Roman's attention span is short-lived so while I struggled to explain, he started talking about trains again.
"Where is the baby coming from?"
"They have to go to the hospital, honey. It's in Nicole's tummy." (danger! danger!)
"I was in your tummy?"
"No, sweetie, we went to a baby home to get you. Some people have babies from their tummy, and some people go to baby homes. We chose to get you from a baby home in Russia!"
"And then you chewed me?"
"What?!"
"Chew me... eat me."
"To get you into my tummy?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh, sweetie, no...."
And then I was lost. I never expected it to become a "birthmom-baby home-adoption" discussion, although I should have known better. So it's time to go through his Russia book again and have a better explanation. Luckily, Roman's attention span is short-lived so while I struggled to explain, he started talking about trains again.
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