Visiting family in hospital
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She knows her Nana's in hospital and really poorly. We've talked about death and heaven before as there's a memorable garden at our park for babies that passed away. I just don't think it sits right with me at such a young age to take her to visit at the hospital
We take our kids to see older relatives in hospital and nursing home. Our dog also comes to nursing home 🤣 I think it cheers them up and is educational to my kids. Often the very old and very young have a lot in common too and get on well. Lots of nurseries are linked to old people’s homes. I know that not everyone sees it that way, but I think it’s good to experience community and the whole of life. There are some lovely books you could use to help LO understand.
i think asking on a public forum is quite difficult because you’re asking if you’re being unreasonable but really you’re not, you’ll get some who agree with you and some who don’t. i wouldn’t mind taking my little one to visit someone in hospital, but others do mind and i just think it’s not a question to ask publicly, if you’re not comfortable with it then that’s that and you don’t do it x
it’s whatever you’re comfortable with as the mum at the end of the day. i personally would take my son if that was us just because you never know when people take a turn for the worse, im also doing my parenting where i don’t want to shield him from anything and feel things like this can be beneficial for his growth and learning. he attended my grandads funeral with me and my partner (his dad) at the end of january, some people believe children shouldn’t be at funerals, but my grandad was my best friend and my son was close with him, i used words like “dead” “dying” “died” as morbid as that sounds, because i think it’s good for him to see this and learn how to cope with it, regulate his emotions etc. its life at the end of the day, and ive heard of a few people who never went to a funeral till adulthood and it messed them up, or they were shielded from death or illness or certain things and in turn lead to them unable to handle it in adulthood. this isn’t everyone’s style xxx