Siblings Meet

We were curious to see how the first meeting of siblings would go. We've heard a variety of stories and had countless "suggestions" for the day and weeks following the introduction. We believed Miles, being as sweet as he is, would be welcoming and tender to Amelia.

For the weeks preceeding Amelia's arrival, we talked to Miles about her a good deal. Explained to him that she would be sharing his room (sleeping in the 'baby' bed), that he would get to help teach her how to crawl, walk and someday slide. We practiced "soft kisses" for Amelia; teaching Miles how to be gentle with her.

We weren't sure if we were going to have him visit in the hospital as we were concerned seeing Mommy in a bed in a hospital room could scare him. The option almost wasn't ours as the labor and delivery floor was in lock-down to all visiting children 15yrs old and under. It was lifted the morning we went in for the delivery.

We decided to have Miles come to the hospital and that we'd have Amelia in the nursery, Mommy would be out of bed and we'd all go get Amelia together; letting Miles push her back to the room with us.

The whole visit went off without a hitch. Miles was fabulous and so warm to his baby sis.

Miles shows up at the hospital in the
"I'm the BIG brother shirt" Momma and Papa bought him.

Miles, Mommy and Daddy seeing Amelia together for the first time.

Soft kisses.

(to be continued...its late and we're still short on sleep)