"Tori M." wrote in message .. .
Hi everyone. I have posted before and I recognize a few names from other
groups that I go to. Anyway I have a question about how to make my daughter
less jealous of the baby when I have it in October. Right now I can not
even hold the cat while she is awake because she will pull the cat off me
and climb onto my lap instead. I dont understand this behavior at all and I
would like to minimize it before Oct. I am considering breastfeeding so it
would be hard to feed the baby without holding it. I have big boobs and all
but they are not removable. Any thoughts you all have on this would be
great. Bonnie will be 31 months when the baby is born.

When my second brother was born, the baby brought nice gifts home from
the hospital for each of the older sibilings. I was 16 years old at
the time, and my first brother was 2.5 years old. So the baby gave us
typewriters. I got a real one, and the toddler got a toy typewriter.

When my daughter was born, she gave her 7.5 year old older brother (my
stepson) a new bike. 18 months later, when his mom gave birth to his
other sister, the baby brought him new roller blades (he had outgrown,
and nearly worn out his first pair).

So, if there's some nice toy that she's really been wanting, it might
help break the ice if the baby gave her that really nice toy.

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01