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My DS1 told me "this is my dream!"
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. He's 4.5 yrs old and since he was 3, he's been begging for a little brother or sister. I got pregnant a little before his 4th birthday and now, DS2 is 6 months old. All while I was pregnant, he would tell me the things he would do with his brother. He saw siblings in the side-by-side jogging strollers and say "That's how I'm going to sit with my brother! And we will talk and hold hands...". I'm thinking "Holy krikes! Is the world going to come crashing down or what when this baby comes and he's going to cry and take DS1's attention away and all that? This fantasy of "the brother"... Uh oh... He really doesn't know what's coming and how his world will change with a brother, a baby in the house.".
Well, it never happened like that. DS1 is obsessively in-love with his baby brother. He wakes up in the morning and runs in to snuggle him. When we pick him up from school, DS2 gets the first kisses. He plays with him, reads to him, and loves him to bits! He held him in the hospital and brushed his little few-hours-old hairs, he fed him his first food last week... He plays with him, gives him toys and pushes him in the swing. He tells us all every day how much he loves his brother. Of course, baby DS2 thinks this is all wonderful and rewards DS1 with big baby smiles whenever he sees him, baby laughs and he is generally, the happiest, most social baby in the world who is clearly going to be idolizing his big brother!
So, today, I got this jogger and put them both in it for a spin. And you know what? While I pushed them around the neighborhood, DS1 talked to his brother, kissed him, helped him with his teether... and held his little baby hand
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:. I'm all teary talking about it.
They were freakin' adorable.
Well, it never happened like that. DS1 is obsessively in-love with his baby brother. He wakes up in the morning and runs in to snuggle him. When we pick him up from school, DS2 gets the first kisses. He plays with him, reads to him, and loves him to bits! He held him in the hospital and brushed his little few-hours-old hairs, he fed him his first food last week... He plays with him, gives him toys and pushes him in the swing. He tells us all every day how much he loves his brother. Of course, baby DS2 thinks this is all wonderful and rewards DS1 with big baby smiles whenever he sees him, baby laughs and he is generally, the happiest, most social baby in the world who is clearly going to be idolizing his big brother!
So, today, I got this jogger and put them both in it for a spin. And you know what? While I pushed them around the neighborhood, DS1 talked to his brother, kissed him, helped him with his teether... and held his little baby hand
They were freakin' adorable.
