More Transitions

Little KK continues to deal with the impending knowledge that a baby brother will be showing up soon.

I think she will be a very sweet big sister and a good helper to mom. She gives my tummy lots of kisses and hugs. Lately, she sings lullabies while cradling my belly. She also announces "It's your big sister Katelynn!" directly through my belly button. She frequently tells me that she can't wait to be a big sister. Tonight she even asked me if she could share her blankie with her little brother.

On the other hand I can tell the little girl is struggling a bit with the transition of no longer being the only child who gets all of mommy and daddy's attention. When she was at her Nanna and PopPop's house for a couple of nights, we moved the big La-Z boy recliner from her room to the baby's room. I set up a special play area in the big space left in her room. When she got home, she noticed immediately and informed me that I needed to "move Katelynn's chair BACK to HER ROOM." She became a little frantic and teary-eyed when I explained that it was mommy and daddy's chair and that mommy needed it to feed the new baby, but that she could still sit in it anytime. We read books in the chair that night which seemed to appease her some.

As reported in this post , she has also insisted that the pack-n-play be set up in her room next to her big girl bed. She slept in it for weeks, but now seems to be showing a preference for the bed again - hallelujah! She has grown so tall that she really looks ridiculous in it. When she does occasionally fall asleep in it, she allows us to move her back to bed after a couple of hours. However she really does not want it put away or moved to her baby brother's room. My friend Sarah had an ingenious idea - she is going to pass along a princess "bed tent" to me soon. KK will not be allowed to use the bed tent unless the pack-n-play is put away. I'll have to report back on how that works out!

I'm sure there will be many more transitions ahead, both positive and negative, especially once baby brother is actually here on the scene.