Big Brother Prep for Baby

The hospital I will be delivering Justus at offers a class for only children that are getting ready to be a sibling! I was so excited about this class and couldn't wait for Klayton to be a part of it. The class was only 45 minutes long, not to long-just the right time table for a 3 year old!
Klayton decorated a gift bag for Justus.

They gave him stickers and crayons to decorate the bag with and the stickers won out for the most popular bag decoration!

After he decorated the bag, Klayton was able to choose some items for the bag that baby brother will need! A diaper, a package of wipes and Klayton thought we would want 2 bottles of hand sanitizer!

They read a story about mommy having a baby, where mommy goes to have baby and what baby will do after he or she is born!

The highlight of Klayton's evening was holding the practice baby. The instructor taught the kids how to give the baby a pacifier and to hold the baby! Klayton had spotted the baby early in the evening and up to this point had been frequently asking about baby and when she first handed the baby to him, his eyes lit up! Maybe Mama broke out into a silly grin as well watching his excitement and thinking he will soon be holding his brother!

Once the kids each had a turn holding the practice baby, they were given a tour of where mommy and baby will sleep once mommy has baby!

After the tour, each of the kids had their picture taken with Bert and Ernie to put in the baby's crib at the hospital so everyone would know who baby belonged to! At first Klayton did not want his picture taken. Later, we were able to convince him to get his picture taken for brother without Bert and Ernie so we could capture some of his smiles!

Once the class was over, the kids were given stickers, a book and a cookie to take home!

I was super impressed with the class! It was free, informative and Klayton came away with lots of free stuff! We are getting even more excited for baby brother to be here-soon and very SOON!