You could also tell her that your mom and Walter are together. Also that they are watching upon her to make sure she is okay. I hope that makes her feel better to know that he's not here anymore but that he's okay.

I told her sometimes people have to go away forever. She asked if his heart would get better. It just breaks my heart. She feel asleep crying tonight because I told her he want coming back. She told me she wants to bake this baby Walter so she can play with him. She know about plants and animals living and dying. It's been the same about my mom this week, she wanted to meet her but I had to tell her she is gone like Walter.

ETA thank you ek, I love when people think about my son, it makes me feel like he is living on in a way.

I think you’re doing just fine. It’s wonderful that she knows about him. I think just reassuring her that his heart was sick and hers isn’t sick is a good way to go. It’s a developmentally appropriate way of helping her understand and not be scared. I actually think about you & Walter often. Sending so much love to you. ?

Personally I taught my kids from the time they were little that things live and die be it people plants or animals .

We watched national geographic where the animals get hunted and we would laugh because we would say hey their dinner is running away . Its just a natural thing.

Then when it came to people it started off by saying they are closed/turned off and cant be turned back on because at 2-3 dead doesn’t equal the definition in their mind .

It was still difficult for them to understand at that age that my mom was dead and had been since I was a teen and they would ask many times how , I would say car accident and they would say but why didn’t the drs fix her so I would say sometimes your body can not be fixed her brain was broken and they couldn’t fix it (aka brain dead) then they would ask so what did you do with her ?
I said we put her in a box and buried her in the grave yard (which for some reason they thought was a park)
Then they asked if they could open the box and I said no they also asked if they opened the box what would they see I said a skeleton with clothes on .

They then asked what happens to your skin so I had to go over the stages of decomposition .

If your not ready to discuss all of these type of questions then wait to talk because at first they sting and stir up a lot of feelings .

Kids are very curious and it’s important for them to learn about it now because later it would be a huge shock .