bennett and lucy

Dan has been telling me that the first pictures I posted of Bennett gazing at little Lucy were misleading - Bennett basically sat with me on the hospital bed for about 5 lovely seconds, we snapped 10 photos, and then he played with his new trains (a present from Baby Sister!) on the floor for the rest of the visit. This picture is more like it:





I would characterize his general attitude toward Lucy as curiously indifferent, although he has definitely been more sensitive lately. He did get a little frustrated with me yesterday sitting on the couch nursing Lucy so much, and came over and tried to hit Lucy, telling me "no baby." He's also been pretty sensitive with his neighbor friends and other kids at the playground. All in all, though, we think he's really doing great.



A few cute sibling interactions so far:

- Bennett seems a little disturbed by Lucy's nursing. When he first noticed her nursing, he came over and said "baby no nickel" (...nipple...) and then pulled me by the hand into the kitchen and showed me the two chairs that Lucy could sit in if she was "hungy" - his highchair in the kitchen, or his chair at our dining room table.

- When we first brought her home, Bennett kept bringing different cars and trucks and trains and holding them out for Lucy to see, even though she was fast asleep. It was sweet to see him showing her all his prize possessions.

- We've been telling him to sing her songs when she cries, so we've heard a lot of cute renditions of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the "ABCs." Bennett always sings in falsetto a couple of octaves above his already high voice, so it's especially sweet.

- Bennett was singing "pattycake" today and instead of saying "put it in the oven for Bennett and me" at the end, he said "put it in the oven for Bennett and Lulu." Soooooo sweet!