Big Brother's Confusion

By Nicole R. Reynolds

I have a 6 year old son from a previous marriage.

Recently his dad and wife, and I had babies 2 months apart.

When my son returned from his weekend visit, after the baby had returned home from the hospital, he looked as if he had something bothering him.

When I asked, what is your new baby sister like?

Finally he told me what was weighing him down.

He said " mom I thought you said she was a new baby?"

"She's lots older than that because she's drinking from a bottle and not from her mom!"

When I took him back to his dads I mentioned his comment to his step mom and she laughed.

She said that she does breastfeed but she pumped it into a bottle when Blake was visiting. (she's a new mom and is embarrassed to feed around him)

Awe, to feel that new mom feeling again!

I'm a mom of 3 and feeding time now with my newest baby is also book reading time with my 2 year old or pulling him out of the toilet time.

Then there's breaking up the quarrels between the 2 year old and my oldest over whose truck is who's... but its not all as bad as it sounds the baby enjoys the stories, and he laughs when the other boys are arguing ( which can hurt when he whips his head around to see what's going on and doesn't unlatch before he looks...).