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It's Automatic

The Beaner's been talking a lot lately about getting a little sister. (He projects with his Mickey and Minnie dolls; Mickey—or the Beaner—is the big brother, and Minnie is the little sister.)

This morning he crawled into bed with us for a cuddle, and he mentioned it again.

Beaner: If I ever get a little sister, you could name her Jane, like you wanted.

Me: Or [name a] or [name b], more likely.

Beaner: Yeah, you should have a girl, so you can use one of those names.

Me: Well, Daddy and I did consider adopting another child, but we decided that we'd prefer to have just you.

Beaner: I think if you can, it's better to have one the automatic way.

Ironically, this is exactly what my doctor suggested when I first proposed adoption prior to getting pregnant with the Beaner—except she knew it wasn't necessarily automatic. :-)