Sunday, September 25, 2011

Belly button blues


Summer was recently looking through photos of her newborn self when she noticed a partial umbilical cord dangling from her belly. She was fascinated as we explained how babies cannot eat in utero and thus received nourishment from this direct link with their mothers. With pride, I told Summer how when she was born I cut her umbilical cord. Her reaction was unexpected. She burst into tears and became hysterical. After calming down a bit, she sobbed:

I don't want my baby brother to be cut!!

Sweet, tender-hearted Summer is already looking after her unborn sibling (with no evidence to support her claims, Summer is 100% certain that she is going to have a baby brother). 

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