Sorry for your lost. We just went through this a week ago. We kind of told him everything from the start the day we got the call they were taking her to the hospital we prepared him by telling him grandma is very sick she has an infection and is going to the hospital and when she passed away the next day we told him and said now she is with papa and coco there dog and answered any questions he had. Then we took him to the site she is barried and he decorated a rock to put next to it.

I'm very sorry for your loss. Did she code from covid?

Our 97 year old Grandma passed away last year when my daughter was 7. They were incredibly close.

I read up a lot on how to handle it, and the best way I found was to do the following:

1) have your child be in a place that is comfortable to them, like their family room or bedroom.

2) have you talk to her about it in a normal voice. Don't whisper or use hushed tones because they associate it with something bad. Don't let her overhear adults talking about It, let it come from you.

3) be age appropriate but factual about it. Don't use terns like 'Granny went to sleep' because it can make them afraid to go to sleep. Let her know Granny was older and this is a natural part of life when you get old. This may have been easier for us because Grandma was totally with it and walked around, but she was 97.

4) I also believe the adults around your child will set the tone. If everyone is wailing and carrying on, it will set the tone that this is a tragedy. My husband and I explained to her that while we miss Grandma very very very much, this wasn't a tragedy. She lived a good long life and was dearly lpved and good right up until the end. That we wouldn't want her to live a yucky life in a bed or a wheelchair and have to be helped with everything, that Grandma wouldn't want that.

5) I don't know if you're religious, but if you are, you can tie in that in. For us as Christians, Grandma went home to heaven with her husband shw loved dearly, her 3 children she'd lost in her lifetime, her brothers, etc. That she is whole and complete and we will see her again.

I hope any of this helps you, hon. <3

That thier grandmother has passed away

Tell them what?