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Funny, my two boys are the same. Our older son SO ...

2010-07-16T16:51:56.110-07:00

Funny, my two boys are the same. Our older son SO understood his adoption story and a very young age. Our younger is 3 1/2 now and does not have a clue or talk about adoption much. Maybe it's us as parents that are determined with our firstborn to "get it right" that we don't focus on it as intently the second time around. Our younger son does refer to his bmom Nikole as "my Kold"...I guess she's just hoping he will pronounce her name right eventually! LOL

Very interesting. Our son is only 10-months old, s...

2010-07-16T08:07:53.119-07:00

Very interesting. Our son is only 10-months old, so he doesn't understand who his birth parents are (or their families) are. In fact, he still finds them a little bit scary, as he does all people he doesn't see daily.

Aww... That was so sweet of Firefly! Interesting ...

2010-07-16T05:14:40.397-07:00

Aww... That was so sweet of Firefly!

Interesting to see that kids can have different perspectives about adoption. A friend of mine has a 3 year old and he also interacts with his birthparents separately. He understands he grew in his birthmom's tummy, he tells his story and says that, but he cannot understand the role of his birthdad, make them a couple, put them together and grasp the concept that both are his birthparents. He just says he's a friend of his birthmom's.

how interesting the different ways in which kids p...

2010-07-15T20:59:39.478-07:00

how interesting the different ways in which kids process things.

I love that firefly thought beth should have pix of puppy too!