Thursday, July 02, 2009

Baby nbr 2

I am now 4 1/2 months along with baby nbr 2 and feeling very well.
I am so happy about this new addition and can't wait for the moment Kaio meets the new baby for the first time. I have a strong feeling he will be a great big brother.
The age gap between them will be 24 months (2 years and 2 months) which I think will be a good difference. My older sister and I have a difference of 13 months (yes, my mom was busy!) and in the first years we were very close and attached to each other, however when we got older we developed a (unhealthy) competitive behaviour, which lasted for years and drew us apart. (We are finally working on our relation again) I think we might have been too close of age!
Thinking of our little ones, it will be nice to see how baby nbr 2 will look up and try to imitate Kaio, but we have to be very conscious about avoiding these competitive behaviours or comparing them as I am sure they will be very different!
Kaio is generally an independent little boy and has grown up like that partially due to day-care but also how we encourage him to play by himself (without us constantly having to entertain him). He does know how to share and is generally very happy playing with other children. Which I think are important aspects for when baby nbr 2 arrives.
Kaio has been very attached to me and is constantly asking for 'mommy' when daddy is with him. He also tends to cry when I drop him at day-care (which he does not do with Jason), but I think it is a phase and generally he is easily distracted. I am hoping that this phase will end before baby nbr 2.

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