Today we signed up for a Sibling class at Newton-Wellesley Hospital to help prepare Mikey for Baby S's upcoming arrival. The class was an hour and consisted of practicing holding and wrapping a baby, talking about baby basics (why babies cry, what babies eat, washing your hands before touching baby, etc.) and then a tour of the maternity ward and seeing a new baby in the nursery.
The class started with introductions of the children---first their name, how old they were, if they were having a baby brother or sister and what the baby's name was (if known).
Here's how Mikey's intro went:
Nurse Kathy: "I see your name is Mikey" (from his name tag).
Mikey: (Smiles)
Nurse Kathy: How old are you, Mikey?
Mikey: "Three and a half" (this was a first I have EVER heard him say anything other than "4" when asked without prompting)
Nurse Kathy: Are you having a brother or a sister?
Mikey: "Eli!"
He also told someone at the Halloween party last weekend that the baby's name was going to be Eli (as in Eli Manning). Let the record show now that Michael and I have NOT decided to name the baby Eli (or any other name yet for that matter!).
The class went well aside from my pickiness related to how some adults don't know how to interact with young children (and yet are responsible for "teaching" a class to young children). The kicker for me was when she asked the children "Do you know that the baby is going to come out of Mommy's vagina?". (Insert eye roll here)
Here are some pics:
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