How children deal with grief
It was one month ago,on the 10th, that Jacob Austin was born still. One month ago since I told my precious tiny angel hello and goodbye. My life has changed greatly, and so has the lives of the children around me. My son Payton is five years old.. he is the oldest of the children in our family. Payton asks lots of questions in regards to Jacob. For instance, he asks me if Jacob cried like "regular babies" when he was born, or if he drank a "baba" when he was born. I always answer his questions truthfully and tell him that he did not. He has a very hard time understanding that our sweet Jake wasn't alive when he was born and was unable to do these things that other people's babies do. Payton never met Jacob in person, I felt it would be too much for him and arranged for my sister to keep him at her house the last two days I was hospitalized. I still believe it was for the best. Payton a...