There’s been a lot of talk about babies lately with a new addition coming soon, and Lorelei going through her “baby” phase.

“Baby! Baby!” she shouts excitedly every time a baby or child under the age of 12 walks by. We’ve tried pointing out the difference between baby and kid, but I’m pretty sure she just doesn’t care.

We’ve also been trying to introduce the idea that there is a baby in mommy’s tummy – and, the results of that are pretty much up in the air as she now points to my belly button and exclaims “Baby!” She does seem to understand that “Baby” isn’t just a new word for tummy since Mimi, Daddy, and Gramps lack babies but I really think she thinks my new outtie belly button is part of the baby.

Yesterday:

Me:  Lorelei, did you know mommy has your baby sister, Aurora, in her tummy?

Lorelei:  (Looks up from the magazine she’s looking through and eyes me carefully)

Me:  (points to tummy) Baby Aurora is in mommy’s tummy!

Lorelei: (lunches over the magazine and pulls the cover off my tummy, and then lifts my shirt up.  She looks at me and frowns and slides her hands under my butt as if trying to lift me up.)

Apparently she thought I was sitting on the baby and needed to get off.

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