Question re thestrals from my 6-1/2 year old

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 99888

Snips of bboy_mn's post:  
> Now we come to your son's question regarding Lily's death. Harry 
was
> about 18 months old and the event occured at midnight. My 
explanation
> is based on two key points; 1.) he didn't see it, 2.) he didn't
> understand it.
> 
> Logically, he was in bed, and most logically, he was in a baby's 
bed
> of some kind; crib, cradle, bassinet, etc.... While Harry was 
present
> in the room when Lily was killed, given that he was contained in a
> babies 'bed', is it likely that he was actually able to SEE 
anything? 

Meri: 
Actually, I think our ideas of Harry being in his crib during the GH 
attack are movie contamination. IIRC, in Harry's dementor memories 
of the attack, James pushes Lily away, tells her to take Harry and 
run, and then Harry hears his mother running (can't quote canon, 
books on loan). I always assumed that Lily was running from one room 
of the house to another, with Harry in her arms, when she was 
attacked. Though I agree that at the age of one Harry certainly 
could not process death like he could at fifteen or sixteen, there 
is a possibility that he could have seen his mother killed. Or maybe 
there was a blanket over his head. 
Meri