A few weeks ago our dinosaur books arrived from Scholastic. We've been reading them non-stop ever since. And in reading these books, the little guy became quite fascinated with the idea that some animals eat other animals. One of the books talks about how T-Rex was a "meat eater" and has a picture of it chomping on another dinosaur.
"What's meat mom?" the little guy asked.
I explained to him that meat comes from animals, including the chicken, beef and pork that we eat. I told him that we buy meat at stores but that lots of animals hunt other animals and eat them.
"What is T-Rex eating?" he asked, looking down at his book.
"He's eating another dinosaur."
"You mean the blood?"
"Well, yes, there was probably some blood. But mostly he was eating meat."
This led into a series of other questions about dinosaurs, including wanting to know how come the dinosaurs are now just bones. "Where did their blood go?" he wanted to know.
And wouldn't you know it, today he had a nosebleed. The sight of his own blood sparked a whole new line of questions. Why is blood red? Is the blood going to come back? When I lived in mommy's tummy was there blood there? Can my skin come off? Does my skin not come off because it's glued to the blood.
I sure hope that he moves on to some other topics soon. This one is making me queasy!
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