For Ethan it took him like six and a half months before his first tooth started to shoot up. Then from then oh.. one by one the tooth started growing out and oh gosh! did he drools so much.. until we ran out of bibs and the front of his shirt always gets wet. He is a very active baby boy. Even when lying down... he wriggles his feet a lot and it was such a hard task just trying to change his diapers. By six months he was already started rolling onto his tummy and tried reaching for stuff around him. AT eight months, he goes around on his knees and hands.. and by 9 and 10 months he figured how to pull himself up, and was able to cruises around the house. We are excited anticipating the time when he can walk around.. but oh boy! I know it would be such an exhausting phase.. because then we would also be all around the house making sure he don't fall or that he would reach for things and it would fall on him. Learnt the hard way during his sister's time.
For, Marcie.. she loves her little brother so much, even telling everybody that Ethan is her baby brother. She is very compassionate towards him.. and not even feel jelouse or envious of him. But then again, it takes great length for us as parents to gets her ready for it. The moment we found out we were expecting another baby.. we straight away involved her in the process of anticipating a new baby in the house. Told her there's a baby inside mama's belly and he will come sooner or later. By the time we knew that we are going to have a boy, we picked a name straight away for the baby, so that we won't have to keep calling the baby as 'It' also it would prepare Marcie for a baby brother. And when I am watching the Baby Story on TLC Discovery Channel, I'd let her sat down and watch with me. And.. yes! it helps a lot, for her to see how the mummy went to the hospital.. and even let her watch the process of giving birth itself all the way upto the baby being born out of mama's belly.. it may sound pretty gross to some people and that a girl at her age of two pluss won't understand, but the fact is, it was easier for her to understand seeing the process herself, and for us it was the easiest way of educating her about babies and for her to accept the fact that the new baby is part of the family.. that she won't have to wonder where the heck the baby come from in the frist place. By now she knows that she, like her brother, came from mama's belly lol. The only thing we have to worry is in the future is , when she started thinking and asking, how the heck did a baby be in mommy's belly in the first place hahaha.. but ah well, by then she will be in school and she would eventually learn it there lol. Ethan is so lucky to have such a wondeful and compassionate sister like Marcie, tho at times she can be pretty rough with him but then he can always count on her as a big sister. Marcie tried to help us with Ethan in the way she understand how.. she would moved the trash away if he crawled over it and started pulling on the trash bag sticking out and she would say Ethan No! when she saw him putting stuff into his mouth at times when we overlooked it. Hahaha Gee! I could go on and on forever relating about my Ethan and Marcie here, but.. ah well.. maybe next time I'll continue.... God's Willing, there's so many more years to come to watch my children grows... so many new experiences yet for both us Myself and Jeff as parents to go throught with our Marcie and Ethan.
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