It is now a little more than a week since the birth of my daughter. I have sent out 2.35 million notices to the parents of little boys notifying them that if they want to date my daughter they better start preparing to meet my 1,235 guidelines. My workouts have intensified, I have to really stay sharp if I am going to be an intimidating 50 year-old man.
In the meantime my 3.5 year-old finds that life as he knows it will never be the same. Overall he has taken this all in stride, but he still manages to find ways to let me know that he is not happy. There was the screaming fit in which he begged his grandparents to take him own. There was the urinating on the couch because he suddenly forgot his potty-training and the general defiant attitude that my friends and family say is a perfect imitation of your's truly.
Slowly but surely we have taken the chaos surrounding the birth and have been shaping it into something manageable, a routine is forming. I can see daylight again, but it will take time to reach it.
I also learned that checking a girl's diaper to see if it is wet is a little different than a boys. The location of the "wetness" is a little lower. This may sound like basic stuff, but I never changed a girl's diaper prior to doing so for my daughter. Live and learn.
Anyway, I am not sure which little boy in this house has more going on. But if I could trade places with my little one, I might consider it. It might be nice to go back to playing all day. It is Summer after all, the perfect time to spend in joyful expressions of youth.
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Awwww your poor little boy. My daughter was 16months old when my son was born and she took it in stride and now does not even remember a time where she did not have a little brother. That is funny about getting used to the girl diaper changes, it brings back memories of getting used to a boy after having a girl first. It's amazing how a three day old boy can aim for the face lol. My daughter who will be four on the 13th asks me almost every day for a baby sister and stops to talk to any babies we see while out. My son would be very unhappy with a new baby though, he is happy being the baby himself lol. Your son will get used to his sister and maybe you can take him out for a some speical father son time. Also I've heard that getting him involved and asking him to help can work wonders, just a thought. Good Luck SelenaJean
We have been working hard on asking our son to be "our big helper" and thus far it seems to be working. Slowly but surely he is coming along. I expect that this will be a momentary problem and that he'll grow to be very protective of his sister.
It is all still new and confusing for him, but soon they will develop a special bond that only siblings share.
Instead of aspiring to be three again, look to 4th grade. My oldest has just started 4th grade. He's still young enough to just want to hang out and play all day, but he's old enough now to have some athletic skills so baseball and soccer are more like the real thing. And, in 4th grade, they actually start learning something more than just adding and subtracting and reading. He has a social studies textbook for the first time and will start to learn more about the world around him.
K,
We purchased a number of gifts for my son well in advance of the birth. It really has been a big help. He is slowly coming around.
And you are right about how fast they grow, I am amazed at how the time seems to fly.
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