October 5th Sibling Responses

Piper was the first to hear the news. She had been ill and had a doctor’s appointment that morning, so she ended up going to the sonogram appointment with us. She was so sure that she was going to get a baby sister to share clothes and shoes with that she started referring to the baby as her baby sister. A few days before the sonogram, I started to prepare her for the possibility of a baby brother. She protested at first and then agreed that we needed to be happy with what we get and glad that the baby is healthy. As we entered the doctor’s office, I had a brief conversation with her reminding her of this point. She replied; “I know we have to be happy..., but I know it is my baby sister”. When the sonogram specialist announced that we had a baby boy, she kissed my tummy and looked up at the woman and said, “It’s my baby sister!” The specialist was nice and tolerant of Piper’s interruptions. After a while, she asked Piper how to spell her name and then she printed two images of the baby upon which she had typed the words; "Piper’s Baby Brother”. Piper has now come to terms with the idea of another brother and calls him by name. The boys were the next of the siblings to get the news. Christian gave us the response we expected; I told you so. Stefan took the news, as he does most things, with little display of emotion absorbing the news with a contemplative expression. He stated quite matter of a fact that he had thought it would be a girl. Later this same day, Bailey was at the soccer field for a game when she got the news. Cubby coaches her team and he also attends college. He had an exam, so I arrived at the game before him. Upon his request, I did not divulge any information. It was hard, because not only did Bailey ask me a couple of times in different ways, others at the game were also curious. The game was in play when Cubby arrived. At half time, Bailey wanted him to tell her. However, he waited until the end of the game so that he could show her the sonogram images as he shared the news with her. She was delighted. She, like Christian, had predicted a boy.
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