sister love

k is a great big sister
 
we weren't really sure how she would deal with a sibling.  would she love it?  would she hate having to share mom and dad with baby?  would she try to smother her when we weren't looking?

to diffuse the jealousy from the get-go, we got a gift for k from baby b. when she came to the hospital to meet b for the first time, we presented her with a woody doll from toy story 3.  when we told her it was from her baby sister, she was pretty excited about the idea.  it was like you could see the wheels turning, "my baby sister got a toy for me???"  so cute.

she wanted to hold her baby sister from the second she saw her and that actually lasted for about a month.  then the novelty wore off :)  but in those first few weeks, k wanted everyone to meet her baby sister.  she wanted to hold her constantly, and anytime b would let out little cries, k would laugh and say, "i hear my baby sister!!!"  it was all pretty exciting :)

as b has gotten older and bigger, k has had a hard time remembering to be gentle and soft with her.  she is still learning the concept, so we have to be pretty vigilant when she tries loving on b.  there seems to be a semi-fine line however, because i don't want to be negative when it comes to k interacting with b, but of course i can't let her manhandle the poor baby!  i don't want k to resent baby b because all i do is tell her "no" when she tries playing with her.  but lately, it has been really fun watching the 2 of them interact.  k is usually trying to get her baby sister to laugh and, in turn, it makes me giggle.  i really love having 2 girls!