Carly is Excited

Carly will not always be thrilled with the idea that she is a big sister or with the idea that she has a younger brother, but at the moment she can not wait for him to be born!

In the course of our day Carly will hug and kiss my belly (which she has been doing now for a while), but the idea of a "baby" is encompassing much of her imaginary play. Saturday I caught her playing in the nursery with her three baby dolls. The dolls were on the ottoman and one of them was being dressed with socks and infant shoes. Another doll had a hat and baby bib next to her.

Carly's day also involves pointing out her room (the blue room) and the baby's room, turning on the night light in his room nightly. She also really enjoys playing in his room as much as she can. David and I have started stressing that the nursery is not her baby doll's room, but her baby brother's room. So now when I remind her that it is the baby's room she will point to my belly and says "His room."

Even when Carly isn't in the nursery she is still playing with her babies. Yesterday she pushed her babies around in a doll stroller and shopping cart before starting to read to one of them.

Then today she told me that her babies had poopies. She has been pretending to change her baby dolls' diapers for a while now, but her technique is getting much better!

Carly has even begun pointing to where her brother will be sitting in the car. The car seat isn't in the car and isn't out of the attic yet, but Carly still points to the captains chair next to her's in the car and reminds me that the baby will sit there.