My cousin and her family came over yesterday to visit and test out how Hunter would be with a baby in his own house. He was GREAT!!! At first he was not all that interested in Ryan but as time went on his curiousity grew. It was wonderful to watch! He listened as we told him he had to be gentle with the baby and such and that is exactly what he was, gentle. He even started pointing at Ryan and saying "baby". So, he knew what Ryan was and everything! He watched as Erin fed Ryan and even sat next to her as she held Ryan and they looked at Hunter's baby book together. That was precious! Hunter even did well when Christian and I held Ryan. He did not have one meltdown! This gives us hope that he will be ok once his baby brother arrives. Sure, I am positive there will be moments when he has jealousy issues but we will work through it as a family. It was just reassuring that he did not meltdown once yesterday while the baby was here and we were holding him and talking to him. Once Erin and her family left Hunter kept looking around the house for the baby. He would go from room to room saying "baby" for a period of time. So, we know he liked when Ryan was here. He will get to see Ryan again this weekend because we are headed to Ryan's house for some visiting time! Hunter loves going to his Uncle Marius and Aunt Erin's house!!!
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You should get him his own baby doll. It'll help a lot to prepare him and once the baby arrives he can do things that you're doing (feeding, diapering, etc.).
We've got one and he pays attention to it every now and then. I am just glad that he did so well with Ryan yesterday! We are trying to get together with them as much as possible to expose him to a "real" baby before ours is born.
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