We told our 5 year old about the baby
We told our 5 year old last night that he is going to have a baby brother or sister ... He was very pensive the whole time and thought about it quite a bit.
We asked what he thought about having a baby brother or sister.
"Brother!!"
We told him it wasn't a choice, so he decided it must be a girl since all his baby cousins are girls.
He asked the following questions:
- Will I have to share my bionicles?
- How are you going to sleep? Don't sleep on your stomach or you might hurt the baby!
- Are you going to sleep in those clothes? Won't the baby fall out when you take them off? (So we had to explain the baby was IN my stomach and I showed him my stomach.)
- How will the baby get out? (It will be born. Oh! I was born.)
- Can I sit next to the baby on the way home from the hospital?
- Can I teach it to ride a bike? She can have my little blue one.
- Can she sleep with me? I'll wake you up if she cries.
It was very cute and a much more thoughtful conversation than I was expecting.
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Congratulations, Stormy! When is the baby due?
Five year olds can sure ask a lot of questions :) Sounds like he has moved from surprise to anticipation. That's a good thing! He sounds like a sweet boy.
Posted by: Jay KTX | April 06, 2006 at 06:14 PM
He's due August 23rd!
Posted by: Stormy | April 10, 2006 at 11:17 AM