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Z & Her Baby: Preparing Her For The Unborn
No, not the one in my belly or hers (because she thinks there’s one in there), but the one her big mama got her for Christmas. (”Big mama” is my older sister. She is to all my kids.) Zurhi actually just follows her around everywhere, and my sister loves it too. I can’t count how many times they kiss per minute. Granted, big mama does the same to Bilikis (her daughter), Sidney and I (yes, she does really spoil me, but that’s a different blog), but at least we are on to her tricks now. She either says, “come here let me whisper something in your ears” or grabs you when you are perplexed and not paying attention.
This is besides the point, but I do hope that Zurhi and her sister get to enjoy themselves the way I do mine. You know what I do to my sister that I really love, when she is eating a nice meal, something she is so into and enjoying, I wait till her very last bite, grab it, throw it in my mouth and run. Lol. When I’m eating and she wants to have a bite, I spit in my food…knowing darn well that after that, it’s a wrap. She looses interest. She is truly my bff, mentor and mother. I love her!
In any case, she got Zurhi this real looking baby that looked exactly like Zurhi when she was born. This is Zurhi’s first baby and the idea is to prepare her for the baby on the way. You should have seen the night she opened this perfectly wrapped baby. The gift was so nicely wrapped, that Zurhi was just mesmerized by the wrapping paper itself. It took her a minute to get to the gift, and when she did, we were all dying laughing. With tears rolling down our eyes. I will consider uploading the video onto youtube one of these days. Just for laughs. OMG, she kept kissing the baby, giving it tight hugs, patting the baby’s back, kissing again, the excitement was priceless. I play it over and over in my head.
Well, she is still all about this baby. There are two things she carries with her always. Around the house or not. Her baby, who we named Shade, and her agua cup aka water cup. Yes, she speaks Spanish, and Yoruba too. I dare you to take one of those things from her! This baby has been a blessing because if you remember from previous posts, Zurhi does not like to take off her clothes when she gets in from school or an outing. I have to trick her into doing things and Shade always comes to the rescue. I take off her baby’s clothes first. I say..Zurhi see? Baby is taking off her clothes too. Or when she is not trying to eat, I pretend to feed her baby and say..good girl baby, then of course, she wants the same.
Sometimes however, she grabs Shade by the head, neck, or leg, and slams her on the floor. She is sweet with the baby, yet a bit reckless. She could be walking with the baby in hand and all of a sudden, she drops her on the floor. Lol. What a way to treat your baby, Zurhi. Is she going to handle her little sister like that? think she is a doll? That will be funny, but not so funny.
My point here is..how do you really prepare your kid for another sibling? Especially when they are the same sex and so close in age. Both under the age of 2. The doll has helped a lot and I’m hopeful that it will continue to help after the baby arrives. I know a lot of my readers are parents, aunties or uncles. What has helped you in the same situation?
Above is a picture of Zurhi, her baby, Shade and her sippy cup. Below that is the honorable big mamaaaa. My pretty sister:)
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I’m not surprised at all! Funmi is like that with my little girl as well. Very accomodating, sweet, nurturing and just a good person to be around!
Good luck with your unborn baby. I’m sure she’ll be a blessing to you all.
Thank you! Appreciate it.
Folake!! Long time! In the same boat as you darling and was hoping to get some advice but I guess not. How are ya and d fam?