Occasionally Erik will ask a friend why their belly is full or big or some very four year old question. They tell him that there is a baby in there and he goes on his way. When Christine was over on Tuesday the questions got much deeper. He started asking where babies come from and how they come out and became very curious about the process. He asked how they eat and learned that what Christine ate, the baby ate too and then started to feed her blueberries to see what would happen, very adorable, but I was completely unprepared for the "where do babies come from" conversation on Tuesday.
Then on Wednesday I was talking to my friend Lauren who was going to be induced the next day, so we were having a very specific conversation about the baby being born. Erik really caught on to that conversation and the next two days his imaginary play had a lot of talk about babies being born and how they are born. I was surprised at how much it was coming up to be honest, the conversation must have really affected him that day.
Then come today, we saw the daughter of my friend at swim lessons and I was asking her about her new baby brother. When we came home, Erik took out his baby doll and started playing baby with it. Since I have two boys, playing with dolls is not very common. He was doing everything to this baby, singing to it, rocking it, brushing its teeth, we even swaddled the baby. Very interesting since I was just talking to his friend how her new baby brother.
My interest in Erik's baby play doesn't come from the baby itself, but I find it fascinating how much of our environment really affect the children. In no way do we really talk about babies in our house, expect for me to ask Carl occasionally to have a third ... Yet here I am with very pregnant friends all week and Erik is learning and discovering by them in his play. It really shows you that you can't shelter your children from everything in life.
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