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Once upon a time, there was a little boy who loved dinosaurs. He\u2019d play with dino figurines for hours, draw pictures of them and roar around the house in full character. It started before his first birthday, continued on through toddlerhood and kindergarten and now, at age seven, remains his key interest. Sure, he likes other things – Beyblades and Pokemon and snowboarding, to offer a few examples – but dinos are his one true love. This is a kid who would choose a vacation to the badlands over a trip to Disney World any day of the week. He has already decided which paleontology program he\u2019ll be attending in university ten years from now. BBC documentaries are his bible and the ROM is his church.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know how it started, but I can\u2019t imagine him any other way.<\/span><\/p>\n

While other kids were picking their favourite superheroes and sports teams, my son was busy comparing the merits of the dimetrodon vs the spinosaurus. Jurassic Park both delighted and offended him because on the one hand, dinosaurs, but on the other hand, the velociraptors were not portrayed in an accurate size. He corrects people who talk about a \u2018pterodactyl\u2019 because they\u2019re actually called a \u2018pterodactylus\u2019, a type of pterosaur, which he would argue is not technically a dinosaur but instead, a prehistoric flying reptile. He\u2019ll explain the difference between different theropod species but insists that he doesn\u2019t have a favourite dinosaur because there are too many to choose from. (I kind of like the triceratops, for what it\u2019s worth.)<\/span><\/p>\n

My son dresses almost exclusively in dino-themed clothing, from his pants and shirt down to his socks and underwear. His winter hats and mittens are dark blue with grey and yellow triceratops on them; his bedsheets are printed with fossils. There is dino-art on his walls and the bed is covered in dino stuffies. He was more dinosaur reference books than an actual library. This is not a dedication he takes lightly. He is Dino Dan without the elaborate fantasy sequences. At least, as far as I know.<\/span><\/p>\n

One night, when my son asked for a bedtime story, I quickly spun together the tale of a mosasaurus and a plesiosaur swimming together in a prehistoric lake. (\u201cThose are prehistoric marine reptiles, not actual dinosaurs,\u201d my boy pointed out.) In my epic, made-up-as-I-go-along adventure, the plesiosaur peeked his head out of the water and spotted a sabre tooth tiger lurking on the shore. At this point, my son sighed deeply. \u201cThose creatures didn\u2019t exist at the same time,\u201d he explained. \u201cRight,\u201d I replied, searching for any answer that would get my kid to bed sooner. \u201cBut…the sabre tooth tiger was magic?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOk,\u201d he reluctantly agreed. \u201cMagic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We finished the story, he went to sleep and I won that round.<\/span><\/p>\n

If this all sounds like a lot, it is…but also, it\u2019s no different than raising any other busy second grader. He\u2019s a bright, funny, imaginative kid with a lot of friends. He loves music, art and climbing dangerously high despite my protests. Just like some kids love Batman or Sidney Crosby or sharks, my kid loves dinosaurs – like, really loves them – and he\u2019ll tell you about it, probably more than you\u2019d ever want or need him to. Just ask his teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I first became a mom, my dino-knowledge came primarily from the original Land Before Time <\/em>film, which is totally unscientific and perhaps the saddest children\u2019s movie ever. Today, after listening to approximately 800 hours of David Attenborough narration in various scientific documentaries, I could probably teach a first year paleontology class. My son would teach the upperclassmen, obviously – I\u2019m not on his level.<\/span><\/p>\n

I realize that in all probability, this will end at some point. Unless he actually becomes a paleontologist (which hey, he could totally end up doing), my son\u2019s dino-obsession will dull and slow down over time and eventually, fade away. We will no longer have dino Lego sets all over the house or realistic T-Rex models sitting casually on playroom shelves. He\u2019ll grow up and move on, and a new chapter of life will begin – and honestly? I think I\u2019ll be really sad about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every childhood stage that comes and goes marks a passing of time that parents cannot slow down. Our kids hit milestones and then soar past them, into a new phase of life and then off to another. It\u2019s hard to keep up, and it goes by in an instant. It\u2019s beautiful and natural but in so many ways, it creates tiny ripples of grief for the days left behind. Just like I miss the scent of a fuzzy newborn head or the feel of a toddler falling asleep on my shoulder, one day I\u2019ll mourn the dinos that no longer cover my son\u2019s clothing and bedroom. Watching children grow is a blessing, but it\u2019s sprinkled with heartache.<\/span><\/p>\n

I may not care much about dinosaurs myself, but I love my children more than anything and this fixation has been a major part of my son\u2019s childhood. I will never look back at his school photos and not see a dinosaur shirt. I\u2019ll always remember how he cuddles up to me in his dino jammies. I\u2019ll never forget that a pentaceratops has five horns on its face because I\u2019ve been reminded so many times.<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t choose what my son loved, but I love him, and I know I\u2019ll miss this one day. Until then, we\u2019ll have more trips to the ROM, more bedtime stories that get messed up because I can\u2019t keep track of prehistoric eras, and endless hours of BBC documentaries to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

….<\/span><\/p>\n

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