On Friday we had my sister and her family come down to visit us. It was nice to hang out with them and see Carson have so much fun with his cousins. The weather even got nice for us all to go outside for awhile and play.
Saturday morning we had a sibling preparation class for Carson. It wasn't that great. First, their video that they showed had to be watched off the laptop screen because they couldn't get it to connect to the big flat tv screen. So Carson hardly paid attention because it was so small and couldn't really see it. After the video they went and sat on the floor with the lady giving the presentation. She read them a book while they had a snack. Carson was pretty good while eating his snack and then when he was finished he lost his attention span on hearing the story. The age group was for 2-10 year old which is a big gap. I think they should have had it broken up for the younger ones with less of an atttention span. After the story they got their dolls out (Carson had Mickey Mouse since he doesn't own a doll). I wish they would have provided dolls for them. They were showing how to put a diaper on the baby, how you swaddle a baby, and how to support the neck of a baby. Carson didn't like Mickey Mouse having a diaper on lol. The other two kids had baby dolls so I think Carson felt a little left out since he had a Mickey Mouse. After that they had scrubs that the kids could put on to show what the doctors wear. Carson didn't really want to wear it but we got him to wear the scrub at least without all the other stuff. Then we took a quick tour around. So overall we didn't really think it was geared for Carson's age.
On Sunday we had scheduled a tour of the Maternity Unit. We didn't realize we would see that at the sibling preperation class. We decided to go anyway which I'm glad we did. One of the Labor and Delievery Nurses gave us a tour of the unit. She explained other things that we would need to know that wasn't said at the sibling class so that was nice. The rooms are much bigger than the hospital where Carson was delievered at. It seems like it will be a bit more comforting there. They also said they keep the baby with mommy in the room pretty much the whole time unless complications. At the other hospital they took Carson out when they did the newborn screening and stuff. At this hospital they said they do everything in the room. I'm really happy to hear that. I hated when they had to take Carson out of the room.
Besides the tour, I was having a lot of pressure yesterday! Not sure if they were braxon hicks or not. Its kinda hard for me to know what to expect since I was induced last time. I read about contractions and what they are like but they say its different for everyone. After yesterday I need to make sure I pack my hospital bag....just in case. :)
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| Hearing a story. |
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| Listening how a baby wears a cap. |
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| Daddy helping him into the scrubs. |
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| Dressed and eating a snack. |
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