Isabella has quite a change coming her way, and she doesn't really know it yet...for that matter so do we, juggling 2 kids! I must say I'm a little more prepared this time than the first, as far as what to expect, so we thought we'd help Isabella prepare too, for being a "big sister!"
We took her to a sibling's class today...she learned how to do many big sister things....
She got a button that says "I am a BIG sister!"
She listened to stories about the sounds and faces that babies make, since they can't talk.
We made a choke tube, and Bella decorated paper to cover it with...she learned that any of her toys that fit through the tube are a choke hazard to baby sister and have to be put away...
She made some artwork for baby sister, and was proudly showing it off...
Look dad, my hand print!
She learned how to hold a baby...
And how all 3 of us can sit and cuddle together!
Although about half way through she was a little board and declaired to the class "I want food momma...snacks? Gold fish?" Attention spans of a 2 & 1/2 year old are very short.
But we did try to listen to all the good advice and be as prepared as we could for bringing baby sister home, and what a great helper BIG sister is going to be. Only 3 more weeks!!
She graduated from sibling class...and had much more information to take home...the part you didn't get to see was Bella undressing the baby and throwing it on the ground...let's hope that we don't actually catch her doing that! *YIKES* She did have fun though, which was the important part. I think these classes are geared towards making the parents feel better, and helping ease the stress we already feeling by adding an addition to the family, and how it will impact the other children in the house...I'm pretty sure that Bella probably will remember close to nothing once the baby arrives. Oh well...was fun for us to see her trying to dress and diaper a baby!
She got a button that says "I am a BIG sister!"
She listened to stories about the sounds and faces that babies make, since they can't talk.
We made a choke tube, and Bella decorated paper to cover it with...she learned that any of her toys that fit through the tube are a choke hazard to baby sister and have to be put away...
She made some artwork for baby sister, and was proudly showing it off...
Look dad, my hand print!
She learned how to hold a baby...
And how all 3 of us can sit and cuddle together!
Although about half way through she was a little board and declaired to the class "I want food momma...snacks? Gold fish?" Attention spans of a 2 & 1/2 year old are very short.
But we did try to listen to all the good advice and be as prepared as we could for bringing baby sister home, and what a great helper BIG sister is going to be. Only 3 more weeks!!
She graduated from sibling class...and had much more information to take home...the part you didn't get to see was Bella undressing the baby and throwing it on the ground...let's hope that we don't actually catch her doing that! *YIKES* She did have fun though, which was the important part. I think these classes are geared towards making the parents feel better, and helping ease the stress we already feeling by adding an addition to the family, and how it will impact the other children in the house...I'm pretty sure that Bella probably will remember close to nothing once the baby arrives. Oh well...was fun for us to see her trying to dress and diaper a baby!
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