Baby's First Narrative

This week, in the car...
M [very seriously]: Mama, I have something I need to tell you.
Me: [turning off the radio]: Okay, M. What's up?
M: When you had a baby in your tummy, your belly was big. Then the baby came out of your tummy, then you were sick, then you were in the hospital, then the baby was in the hospital, then you came home, then daddy picked me up in the Orange Tigers classroom because I was three years old (a reference to moving to the next class up when she turned 3).

This all happened 5 months ago but it is the first time she has really brought it up since then. Suddenly, she needed to process that experience.