tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post6403964141097769014..comments2009-04-07T23:39:44.651-04:00SereneBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07125962568631763164noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-36456033444249525902009-04-07T23:39:00.000-04:002009-04-07T23:39:00.000-04:00What has seemed to help immensely here with addition of kid #2 and kid #3 was to have a few brainstorming chats with the older kids, prior to birth, about what would be so great about having a baby sib around. Things like having a buddy in the back of the car (for some reason that has been huge), having a playmate, someone to read to, put on musicals with, etc. <BR/><BR/>In the same way, I'd talk about fun stuff that might happen if she gets to stay in the hotel. Breakfast out! Tiny shampoo, and soap that's wrapped up like a little present! Or simply our kids' favorite thing about hotels: that they're allowed to take all the blankets off the bed and make a big heap on the floor.<BR/><BR/>I think it's understandably such a yawning maw of uncertainty for them, that it's very helpful to talk about how all these things are actually going to be awesome.World of Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08976000893125010608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-73620332688142131632009-03-22T04:17:00.000-04:002009-03-22T04:17:00.000-04:00Isn't she just something!!!<BR/><BR/> Your mom, Maya's grammaMomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-11083867675972795252009-03-18T07:31:00.000-04:002009-03-18T07:31:00.000-04:00My sister-in-law said her new baby made her 4-year-old son freak out with jealousy. I told her he'd get over it, and she said when, and I said "Oh, in about sixty years."archerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585829829302449682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-14458343007960662932009-03-17T22:19:00.000-04:002009-03-17T22:19:00.000-04:00I don't have much to say but I wanted to let you know that I smiled all through reading this.Edenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18127448645515191294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-76392772595388374002009-03-17T18:42:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:42:00.000-04:00for the first time, ever, I am responding to a comment on my site... will this be a change in policy?<BR/><BR/>archer, I say, be bold! speak your mind! (it's not so bad behind the couch, at least you get away from everyone back there)SereneBabehttp://www.serenebabe.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-30470319583548634562009-03-17T16:42:00.000-04:002009-03-17T16:42:00.000-04:00All I know is whenever guys comment on stuff like this we always blow it and end up hiding behind the couch with everybody glaring at us.archerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585829829302449682noreply@blogger.com