May 22nd, 2007 by WithaK
Last night we finally told Hayden about Baby(boy)2.0.
All along we’ve talked about babies and gently broached the topic of brotherhood, but we hadn’t officially told him that he’s going to be a big brother yet.
We figured with the toddler concept of time it would be a little hard to explain how long it takes babies to grow.

Hayden wanted to watch Dora with Baby, so he’s laying with mommy and telling Baby what’s happening
We figured that now that Brie is 6 months along and officially showing we should probably break the news, so we picked up a few books:
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I’m a Big Brother - Does a good job of explaining what it’s like to be a big brother and points out all the fun things big kids do that babies can’t, like eat pizza and ice cream.
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Waiting for Baby - Details the process of waiting for a new baby and how long it takes and looking forward to the new baby.
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Will there be a Lap for Me? - Emphasizes how things may change but the special bond with a parent will not be broken by a new baby.
We also talked more indepth about where babies come from and how everyone used to be a baby. Hayden took to it very well and is excited about the new baby, though we did need to correct him when he said there was a baby growing inside him. Hopefully we can keep the positive energy going.
Hayden is very good at being helpful, so we think he’ll take well to helping with baby tasks like getting bottles and things like that.
For now he is the official baby song singer. Brie says that last night they made up a song for the baby called “Cuddle Cuddle Baby”. I didn’t get a chance to hear, but I’m sure it’s adorable. I’ll get some video up soon.

Hayden talking to Baby
Now that Hayden knows we no longer have to announce to anyone that we’re pregnant, which is great for me, because I still haven’t figured out how to make announcements like that and it always comes out awkwardly. Hayden, on the other hand, is great at just putting it out there.
For example, Hayden’s entire daycare now knows we’re pregnant less than 24 hours after we told him.
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