Lucas seems to get more and more excited about his baby sister as the due date gets nearer. He's been going to almost all my doctor appointments with me. He's such an angel too, he just sits there and waits to hear her heart beat. He LOVES that. He comes up to put his ear against my belly all the time and says that he can hear her going "swish swish swish." The other morning he came in and hugged my belly and said, "Good morning baby sister!" Almost every day now he asks about her and when she's going to come out, and tells me things that he's going to do like push her in the swing at the park, splash her in the pool, or push her in the stroller at the train museum (not sure what made him think of that one). We're all excited for this little one to come be a part of our family.
As my due date gets closer I am starting to get a little anxious and wonder how it's all going to work out. Obviously people have second babies all the time so it can't be that bad, but I've been wondering if any of you have some genius advice that helped you through the first few months, or maybe something you wish you had done. I was reading something the other day about how you should bring a movie to the hospital for the older child to watch when they come visit you and the baby. Lucas is probably going to be bored after 10 minutes of staring at a sleeping baby, and I'd like to be able to spend some time and cuddle with him, so I thought this was a brilliant idea. Anyone else have any advice for either at the hospital or at home?
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Before Connor was born, I froze a bunch of dinners so I wouldn't have to cook. I know the ward will bring you some meals, but it was nice a few weeks later on a hard day to be able to pull out a tasty dinner. I would just make a double batch of a dinner (like Lasagna, Stuffed Shells, Enchiladas, soups) and freeze half of it in a disposable foil pan. I also made a big batch of pancakes (waffles work too) for Dallin and froze them. Then I could just put one in the toaster each morning and breakfast for Dallin was done!
This one might not apply as much since Lucas is older than Dallin was, but it seemed like every time I sat down to feed Connor, Dallin would need something (water, crackers) and he doesn't know how to wait patiently. So before I fed Connor, I started getting crackers and water on the table, and grabbed books for Dallin next to me. That way if he came in needing something, I could direct him to it.
I'll try to think of more things...
I totally agree with all of those things. I had a month's worth of frozen dinners and easy dinner ideas planned ahead and it made a HUGE difference not trying to get dinner on the table.
Also, I got some fun activities and new movies, so when I was sitting and nursing all the day long Benson was entertained. Since you kind of know when you are going to nurse, like Sherri said, get the snacks ready and water but also put a craft to do by it or get out a toy he doesn't see very often and set it by the snacks. You can also make "Fun bags" with a few different and new items he only sees when you are nursing. That way he will look forward to that time instead of resenting losing his mommy. That helped with us! Good luck!
I honestly thought going from 1 to two was SO much easier than going from 0 to 1. It's much easier than it sounds.
The baby shower looks like it was so much fun. Wish I could have been there.
I thought going from 1 to 2 was brutally hard, but I think it will be easier for you since Lucas is much older and will be helpful. I think you'll be fine! The baby will come when it wants to come- I've learned that 2 times!! My babies like to come at 35 weeks regardless of what I do. We bought a new app for my ipad and let Ezra play on the new app while he was at the hospital. He was only there for about an hour so it wasn't a big deal. Same with feeding- my ipad saved me! Ezra was only 21 months old and the first few months we watched LOTS of movies and tv.
Good luck!!
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