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In October of 2003, my husband and I suffered the stillbirth of our full-term baby daughter. She died on her due date, due to a blood clot in the cord.
We have a painted portrait of her up on the wall, and a small photograph of her on our entertainment center. My 3 year old son has only mentioned the painting a couple of times, but referred to it as his baby sister (he has a currently 18 month old sister now).
When the time comes for him to actually "ask" me about it, how do i go about explaining this situation to him without scaring him? I'm not still 'actively' grieving her loss, but it's obviously still a sad subject for me. Still, I don't want to make him feel like it isn't okay to talk about death. I just don't want to scare him.
Also, I'd like to use the opportunity to teach him about death in a less somber atmosphere than a death that is happening "right now", like the loss of a grandparent when the time comes.
Any help is appreciated!
I also wanted to add that we're not Christian, so i don't want to use references to "God".
We have a painted portrait of her up on the wall, and a small photograph of her on our entertainment center. My 3 year old son has only mentioned the painting a couple of times, but referred to it as his baby sister (he has a currently 18 month old sister now).
When the time comes for him to actually "ask" me about it, how do i go about explaining this situation to him without scaring him? I'm not still 'actively' grieving her loss, but it's obviously still a sad subject for me. Still, I don't want to make him feel like it isn't okay to talk about death. I just don't want to scare him.
Also, I'd like to use the opportunity to teach him about death in a less somber atmosphere than a death that is happening "right now", like the loss of a grandparent when the time comes.
Any help is appreciated!
I also wanted to add that we're not Christian, so i don't want to use references to "God".