Becoming a big sister

Jessica is now a big sister!  Baby Sophie Elizabeth was born in the pool at home this morning and weighed in at 8lb 10.5oz – a whole 3lb heavier than Jessica was when she was born.  Jessica was three months old before she reached her little sister’s birth weight.  Jessica came to meet her new sister within minutes of Sophie’s arrival and was utterly fascinated by the new baby – she kept saying ‘baby’ over and over again and wanted to give Sophie kisses and cuddles.  

She has had a little cuddle with her baby sister and was very pleased with her present from her baby sister – a dolly in a Moses basket with clothes and accessories.  She has also enjoyed playing with Nanny who came down to look after Jessica whilst Sophie was on the way.

Sophie’s arrival has been well-timed from Jessica’s perspective – she managed to go to all her regular groups last week and it is now half-term so we can all have a week at home without Jessica missing out on any of her usual activities.  Jessica has been doing well over the last week – she has started putting words together so we get ‘bye-bye Mummy’, ‘bye-bye Daddy’, ‘no more’ and things like that which is delightful.  She has also discovered the word ‘no’ which seems to have become a bit of a favourite (from her perspective but perhaps not from Mummy and Daddy’s!)