Today we took Xander to his Big Brother class at the hospital. The kids got to watch a video about how babies come into the world and what it means to be a big brother/sister - the good and the bad stuff. After that, they sat on the floor and spent a few minutes helping put diapers on their dolls and learning how to swaddle and hold them, with mommy or daddy's help. We then went to the post delivery floor to see what the rooms look like and got to look at the nursery. Unfortunatley, the only open room was a very small one and there were no babies in the nursery, so it wasn't much of a tour for him. But it gave him a chance to see where he would be coming to visit while we are at the hospital. All in all, I think it was good for him to be exposed to the hospital some before the baby comes. Hard to know how much sunk in because he is only 2, but he usually amazes us with how much he takes in without us even knowing. He has been asking to go to school ever since. I thought he was talking about his ECFE class, but he said he wanted to go back to the school to see if some of the babies were sleeping in the nursery so he could look at them. We just hope that the experience is as painless as possible for him.
Putting a diaper on Baby Doll
Daddy showing Xander how to hold the baby; discussing how to put his arm under Baby Dolls head
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