We have really been talking to Seth about Sophie lately, especially since i only have 1 week left until the c section. He seems to be really excited about being a big brother, but we will see what happens when she is actually here. lol. We installed sophie's car seat the other day, and then yesterday as Seth was getting into his "big boy" chair, he looked over at sophie's seat and said, "hey mommy...someday sophie is going to come out of your belly and sit here next to me." It was very cute.
I can't help but feel a little guilty about having another baby. Don't get me wrong, i am very excited and this is definitely what i wanted, but maybe it's my hormones, but i get so sad for seth when i think about how his little world has already been turned upside down with the move to Georgia, but now he is going to have a little sister who will be taking up a lot of mommy's time. I would love any tips from you 2nd time mommies on how you balance time between your kids and what you do to make the older one feel just as special as he ever was...after all, he will always be my baby boy!
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You've probably already heard this a lot, but just let him help you take care of her. That's what our Sophie seems to like the most. That way she is not left out and she feels like a "big girl!"
Dane was just under 2 when Drake joined our family and he loved going and getting diapers and breast-feeding his bear while I fed Drake. (Andy was less amused by that than me) Dane just wanted to know he was needed too, but I also noticed he regressed and wanted me to hold him like a baby and feed him like I used to...so I did, after all aren't we all still needy and want to be held like a baby sometimes.
*smile*
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