Ty's New Role...

One of the questions we get asked a lot since Fé was born is how is Ty handling Fé's birth?

It's a very fair question. I am happy to report that Ty is taking the new role as big brother very well. For a while now, we have been slowly changing Ty's world to include Fé. It started with us talking more and more about Fé and where Fé was, in mommy's tummy. Then we added her car seat in the care with him. So he would get used to the idea that Fé will be sitting in the back seat with him. Then, we started rearranging his room, since they will be sharing the room for the first couple years. We changed his bed to his big boy bed. We started decorating his side of the room and Fé side of the room. And so on. All this to say, that when Fé was born, Ty was, and still is, very excited to see Fé.

I sit down with him every now and then, talking with him and just telling him that he is a big brother now and needs to watch and protect his little sister and help mommy and daddy. I think he's getting it. This morning when Phil was changing Fé and she started crying, he ran from the living room into the bed room, and with this look of concern, he proceeded to stroke her hair and hold her hand. It was touching. He also loves getting a chance to hold her.

I think Ty is doing just great in his new role. How long will this last? We'll see when they are both screaming for mommy or daddy because they are in each others rooms. The anticipation is killing me :)