Conversations with Bean and Gracie,  Parenting

Mom! Look What I Found!

“Mom!” shrieked Bean.  “Look what I found!”

“Somebody hid my old bottles in this trash bag full of clothes!”

“Well, Bean Bean,” I said.  “I did that.”

“What?!?!?  Why?!?!?”

“Because you are a big boy now, Beanie.  And so we’re going to give some of your old bottles to a women and children’s shelter.  Don’t you think that would be a nice thing to do?”

“No.  Absolutely not.  These are mine and I have missed them.”

“I know you have missed them, but you are a big boy now.  You use a sippy cup and so you don’t need these bottles anymore.  But there are other babies out there who really need a bottle.”

“Hmm…” said Bean.

“So, don’t you think it would be nice if we could share your old bottles with those babies?”

“Well…(sigh)…I guess so,” said Bean.

“Oh, that’s so nice of you, Bean Bean!” I said.

“Yeah.  I like my sippy cup better anyways.”

“But I’m keeping one of these just in case my sippy cup breaks…” Bean whispered to himself.

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