Friday, September 5, 2014

16 Months: Big Sister/Family

In anticipation of the arrival of our second daughter, we took a week to focus on Little Cutie becoming a big sister and our family. I didn't take many action shots as it was getting difficult to get around, but we did have a good time learning about our family.

Books
Arthur's Baby by Marc Brown
A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban
The Berenstain Bears' New Baby by Stan Berenstain
Big Sisters Are the Best by Fran Manushkin
Franklin's Baby Sister by Paulette Bourgeois
I'm a Big Sister by Joanna Cole
The New Baby by Mercer Mayer

Activities
Little Mommy Baby So New
We worked on showing Little Cutie how to be gentle with the baby doll and how babies sometimes use pacifiers (Little Cutie is a thumb sucker, so we don't have any pacifiers out). We also rocked the baby in our arms and tried to encourage her to carry the baby that way instead of holding it by it's head. :)

Little People Happy Sounds Home
Little Cutie played with this house for a while. She loved to put all the people and furniture through the door. She also loved making the toilet flush and the phone ring.

Family Photo Album
I put together a small 3x5 photo album of pictures of some of our immediate family members. Little Cutie loved flipping through the pages and we talked about who each person is and how they are related to her. We do not have any family that live close to us, so it was a good way for her to see family members that she doesn't get to see in person very often.

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