In honor of Throwback Thursdays in the social media world, I thought I’d share something I did as a mom that was a pretty cool thing I came up with. Now, if you’re not a mom, feel free to pass this along to someone who is and who is planning on having more children. I swear, any bit of good advice I could get from other moms, I’d soak it up. And I feel like this was a neat thing I did. Perhaps you might call this a “mommy blog” post, but mom or not, I think you’ll enjoy.
So rewind to me being prego with baby #2, and I don’t find out the sex of my baby (either of them…. just how I roll…. love the big surprise when they first come out). Miss M is 3 and waiting for Baby G #2. Keep a few things in mind here:
1. I am an only child. I have NO idea how this multiple children/sibling thing goes.
2. I want the smoothest transition for new baby and Miss M and there to be everlasting love between the two.
I began to read this book nightly to my daughter as she was observing my body changing and growing and being the home of her new sibling…
That translates to “There’s a home in my mommy’s tummy”, and goes to explain how my body is doing all the things a home provides for us, but my body is doing all of that for the baby. Sweetness at its best.
I also continuously reminded her how “mommy could never do it without having her as a helper.” And that she would play a HUGE roll in helping mommy with the baby… No way could mommy ever do this without her great help. {smiles!}
Finally came the celebration, the party that focused on Miss M, not on the baby, because we all knew how all the focus would change once that baby made himself seen. So we had a BIG SISTER PARTY a few days before the delivery to celebrate her “becoming a big sister”. Nothing grand by all means, but just something simple and fun for the grandparents, for us to give her her “I’m a big sister t-shirt”, and of course, to highlight her and make her feel as special as she is.
(like a deer in the headlights!!! HA!)
And of course, the rest is history…..
If there was a book that says “Here are the things to do to be a perfect mom to raise the best kids to turn into the best adults” our lives as moms would be a heck of a lot easier. I always said there should be HOW TO manual for moms. I don’t have all the answers. I say I do the best I know and all of us as moms I believe we do the best we can do. Just a fun little thing I wanted to share with all other future mommies out there! In honor of Throwback Thursday.
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