Today, I took the boys to their "Big Kids and Babies" class at the hospital. They were really excited about the class and have been looking forward to it for a while. Personally, I can't believe it was already time to go. It seems like I made it for so late in my pregnancy- and now here we are!
They learned what babies look like, including that gross little belly button that you "don't touch". They also learned things they can do with the baby, how to hold a baby, how to change a diaper (ha!), how to swaddle, and a big reminder of how much babies need to eat, sleep, and cry. They have a packet of coloring sheets, a couple "I'm Your Big Brother" signs for the baby's little bed, and a "Big Kid" tee shirt. We also were taken on a kid-sized tour of where mommy will have the baby, where the nursery is, and where mommy and daddy will be after the baby is born. I thought the tour was especially great to take the fear out of the hospital room. They learned about some of the gadgets and buttons, the warmer, etc.
To my surprise, Addison was particularly into the class. I think this is partly because it was "a class" and Addison really likes to be the best student ever, where as Asa gets shy in a group of new people. I also think it was because they passed out a packet of coloring pages... which means Asa dove head first into his artistic genius. All in all, they both did great. Addison said he would help with the baby, but he just doesn't want to kiss it. With all that slobber, I can do that.
The class was made up of mostly boys. There may have been 12-14 kids and all but 3 or so were boys! By the time we made it around the the postpartum rooms, we completely lost every single one of those boys to the fabulous view of the parking lot. Cars beat babies any day!
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