A weekend with my nephew Juanito

This Juanito. The newest member of our family. He's 2 months old. And this weekend (yes the WHOLE weekend) we had the pleasure of babysitting him... along with his two older sisters, my nieces Brianna and Tallynna.

And let me tell you this was an experience. It was a joint effort put forth by my mom and I. We took turns with him. He put me into practice mode and made me remember what I'll be going through in a few months having a brand new baby. My kids are big now. They dress themselves, they're potty trained, and pretty much don't want my help with anything. So it was like WHOA! All of a sudden I was trying to figure out a baby I knew nothing about.

Throughout the weekend I guess that would be my favorite part. I got to know my nephew. Yes I'd seen him many times in the past two months but I didn't really know him. He likes to smile a lot! He loves to be talked to... and tries to talk back. Of course all I hear are funny baby noises... but he really was trying to have a conversation with me. Another thing is he likes to be held. OH NO! That was bad. I'm pregnant... and already have major back problems... and this baby wanted to be held. I'd say that was the hardest part.


The first night he was with us he didn't sleep very well. I think he was Mommy and Daddy sick. We tried a lot of different things but he just cried and cried. Until finally, my mom wrapped him up like a burrito and he fell asleep. He didn't have an easy night and my mom was tired. So at 6am she was knocking on my door and he was handed off. Luckily my husband is great with kids and he played with him and talked to him and even got him to laugh. A real laugh!


Another thing we learned is that he is indeed a boy! Yes we've seen male parts but that's not what I am talking about. When he would cry we'd prop him in front of the TV and put on sportscenter. It seems to be ALL my brother watches at home and Juanito definately takes after Daddy. He'd right away stop crying and go to sleep! Yeah I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes! So he layed for a long time on my orange body pillow with my daughter and watched sports.

My kids fell in LOVE with their baby cousin more than they already were.

Diego, my son, was so excited when I told him we were having another baby and he demanded that we bring home a boy! (He even told us to keep the reciept in case it was a girl) So for him bonding with a little boy was so much fun. He's such a great big brother already to his sister that I have no doubt in my mind he will be incredible again. All he talks about is that when his baby cousin and baby brother are bigger he is going to show them how to play sports.

My daughter Alayna, has shown me such a different side to her as well. She's very stubborn, rough, and always wants all the attention on her. She's used to being our princess and I have been very worried about how she would react to a new baby brother or sister. My husband and I have agreed to include her in everything so she never feels left out. But knowing her personality and suddenly being thrown into the middle child position might make her rebel. She's only 2 but she has such a strong personality. But she loves her baby cousin so much! She wants to help with everything and was so excited that I included her when I took him a bath, or changed his diaper, and she even helped me feed him. It's nice to see that she may just be able to be okay with having a new baby in her life. Of course I still have to watch her because she loves the baby so much that she wants to be on top of him kissing him! It's adorable to watch though.

So we had a busy weekend but it's fun bonding with a new baby!