Big Sister

Eva has developed a fascination with babies. She'll come up to me several times a day to pat my tummy and say "baby!" Then she'll kiss it and say "Hi, 'manda!" She likes to carry her baby dolls around, wrap them in blankets or towels and pretend to change their diapers or feed them with a sippy cup. Occasionally she’ll still stuff one up her shirt and pat her belly as if she were pregnant. Sometimes I'll turn on "A Baby Story" or "Bringing Home Baby" on TLC, and she'll watch them and make exclamations about the newborns. I'm hoping all this means that she's pretty well prepared to handle what's coming. She seems to understand that there's a baby in Mommy's tummy, and her name is Amanda. She certainly knows what a baby is, and doesn't seem to mind when we hold one of our friend’s. We recently had a young couple over to dinner with their three-month-old son. Eva spent the evening on the floor with the baby, cooing in his face, showing him her toys, and offering him her sippy cup. I'm hoping she'll be as generous and loving to her baby sister.