James' love affair with the mirror These were taken nearly 6 months ago - he learnt to stand the day before CNY, and the walking came soon after.
I've been thinking hard on how we can make the transition to 2-kid family easier for James... Been reading up and trying out various recommendations
1. Moving him to big boy bed way early - check 2. Moving cot / playpen out of view 3. Books - I bought The New Baby by Mercer Mayer and I'm a Big Brother by Joanna Cole. But he doesn't like them very much - unfortunately I also bought Too Big for Diapers, which he loves so much he won't let me read the others. He will ask to hear it 20 times before he stops. I got them all from Kinokuniya, first checking out availability on the bookweb - which I find really handy. 4. Talking about baby, and that I will be away at hospital for awhile - but how much has gone in, I really don't know. Sometimes he feels affectionate and listens in on my tummy, but other times he just ignores it. He's really good at filtering out what he doesn't want to hear! 5. Buying a pressie - but one book says not to tell him the pressie is from baby, because, apparently kid will be sceptical that small helpless floppy crying thing went to shops and got it giftwrapped. Hm. I actually bought a Leapfrog fridge magnet thingie, and individually wrapped 26 alphabet pieces, just so visitors have something to give to James when they come - you know, so he doesn't feel too left out. (mad)
Anyway, read from book and (more convincingly) heard from real life parents that you can only prepare the kid so much - you might make the first two days a little less of a shock, but that's about it. Whether he subsequently recieves baby with open arms or wants to smother her when no one is looking will depend entirely on his personality.
Thinking about our little playground vigilante... somehow, I'm steeling myself for the worst. He is really very good at tossing things into the cot.
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