"Two therapods and a tyrannosaurus rex, Mommy!" Nathaniel can identify a dozen dinosaurs without thinking. It's really quite amazing. When we went to the zoo, I made sure to get tickets t the animatronic dinosaur exhibit. Natty was scared at first - the loud, sudden calls from speakers, one dinosaur actively eating another dead one, and a spitting dinosaur, it was all a little terrifying. We left the exhibit and he looked at me and said, "Let's go again, Mommy!" So we did. And on that trip around the exhibit, no fear, just calm discussion, repeating the things I'd explained as we'd made our first visit. "Look, Mommy, he's a carnivore so he has to eat meat, so he waits until one dies because he was too sick and couldn't see a doctor and then he eats ..." and "They're in a group, Mommy. They're friends walking together on the playground!" Nathaniel adored that visit.
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