I'm a little bit nervous about how Ella will react when the new baby arrives. She doesn't understand that we are having another baby although we do talk to her about it and try to show her that there is a baby in mama's tummy.
I bought her a baby doll the other day to try and teach her to be gentle with a baby and to feed it and so forth. It was actually lovely watching her with the doll, it was like she had a built in maternal instinct. Before I said anything I unpacked it from the box and she took him, kissed and cuddled him. She also fed him with the baby's bottle without my prompting.
This morning when we went downstairs for breakfast, the first thing she did was look for her baby. She picked him up and kissed him and gave him a good squeeze and then found the bottle to feed him with.
Things are looking good so far - aside from the fact that she threw him in the full bath last night, swatted him with the fly swatter several times and pulls his eye lids open when they close. But that's all completely normal right? Ha ha. Well, at least we have another 4 months or so to work on the idea.
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