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ANY IDEAS ON HANDLING THE OUT OF SOMEONE ELSES TUMMY SUBJECT?

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hifi · 29/07/2008 18:52

DD IS 4, SHE ASkED TODAY DID SHE COME OUT OF MY TUMMY, oops caps.

to my shame i distracted and didnt answer, that would mean i would have to mention her birth mother. that in itsef isnt a problem, its the whole thing after i worry about. we do go thru her life book but there are no photos of bm.she left dd straight after the birth and only saw her once after.

i have been running thru loads of scenarios on how i would tell her when it came up, but get really upset about it.

any ideas? it seems so easy in the prep groups.

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beemail · 12/09/2009 20:42

Have 2 teenage daughters adopted when fairly young. Agree with the simple story which can be built upon as they get older and understanding develops.
Have always answered questions honestly but in a simple way then waited to ask if any more questions forthcoming - I think that is an indication of how ready they were to receive more info - sometimes they asked more sometimes just one simple answer seemed to satisfy them. Always say we've never told them they were adopted because we've always talked about it from when they were tiny - they've just grown up with it.
Older daughter talks about more, younger one doesn't so much but both seem as far as we can tell "comfortable with their adoption story" We have very little info (intercountry) both had opportunity to ask more when we visited their orphanage this year - older one asked and found out more info than we thought would ever be available. Younger one didn't want to ask anything - we said this was fine and if she ever changed her mind that would be fine too.
Have "celebrated" all the positive things they got from BPs - stunning looks, strong teeth, musical ability etc I wish these 2 grown in my tummy still - something they have both said but we all marvel at how 4 people unrelated came together to form our wonderful, happy family!

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