Over the last nine months we had done a lot to prepare Miss C for the arrival of her new sister. We talked about Miss R a lot. Called her by name. We tried to involve Miss C as much as possible in every part of this process and to prepare her for the upcoming changes. They even helped at the daycare talking to her a lot about her baby sister.
The reality is nothing can fully prepare a 2 year old for a life change that will rock her world. SP and I were both worried about how Miss C would react and wanted to make the change to being a big sister a positive one for her. We got gifts for them to give each other and let Miss C pick out what she gave to her baby sister and planned for the gift exchange to take place at the hospital.
On Tuesday, Miss C came to visit in the hospital and it was the most amazingly overwhelming experience. Our baby girl was now the big sister welcoming her baby sister into the world. Miss C did wonderful and was so in to her little sister. It brought me to tears...the deep sobbing kind because I was so proud of her and how well she handled the situation.
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