E and A

I get asked all the time, "How is E adjusting to her little brother?" Well, she's adjusting. I think she may even be starting to like him. She was so convinced that he was going to turn out to be a "baby sister" that she told Jut when he broke the news that she had a baby brother that "No, I have a baby sister". It took a couple of days to convince her that A was a boy.



She wasn't allowed in the hospital because of the flu. So, it was Wednesday before she was able to meet baby A. She wasn't quite sure what to think.

But she did think that he was pretty cute.

Giving hugs to Baby A with G'pa

Playing with A on the activity mat.

Last week, I had A on the activity mat in the kitchen. I was working on dishes. When I turned around, A and the activity mat were gone! I heard this little giggle from the office. E had grabbed the activity mat and pulled it into the office where Jut was talking on the phone. Sometimes E might be a little too interested in her little brother.

However, when A cries, she declares, "This house is too loud!" and heads off for the opposite end/floor of the house. She does a quick disappearing act when he gets going. She's use to being the only noise maker and is not a fan of the volume of the baby.

She also loves to hang on me when I'm feeding A. I've learned to have a drink and snack ready in the kitchen for her during feeding times. But, she loves to have attention at the same time as A. I'm getting creative in giving her positive attention before her desire for attention during feedings turns into negative attention.

Everyone has been wonderful to E with A's birth. I can't count the number of people that have brought E presents congratulating her on becoming a big sister. Most everyone greets E before heading to see A. It has been wonderful to see how sensitive everyone is to E's needs, too.

So, she's making the transition. She told the dr at A's one week check-up that she couldn't keep him and we had to take him home. At the church Thanksgiving dinner last week, she had to keep checking up on him when Julie was holding him on the other side of the room while I was eating. I think that she's accepted that he's here to stay and that she needs to keep tabs on him. She'll probably be a bossy, protective, big sister and drive him nuts in a few years! ;-)