Tales of a Tireless Mom
The Elephant in the Room
Explaining the difference between dreams and reality to a child.
“Mommy! There’s an elephant in my room!” As I trudged down to Quinn’s bedroom the other morning, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I was sure that I hadn’t heard him correctly. I mean, the kid is 2 1/2 and is not the most eloquent of speakers. Add to that that he makes things up all the time, and I didn’t give it much thought. When I got to his room I was not at all shocked to find just a little boy in his bed and no elephant. However, he was adamant that there HAD been one in there. (The following is the best Toddler-to-English translation I could muster) “Mommy, there was an elephant in here and he walked on my floor and roared at me and I was scared. And he lay down over there and was really, really loud. And I was in my bed and he …
