I forgot to mention this! Saturday our friends came over with their two-month old baby girl. It has been so long since I had held a baby that little. I was showing my friend how to wear her baby in a sling and was holidng the baby for a while. Tyler saw me holding this baby and was NOT happy about it! He was very distressed and started to fuss. Chris and the other Daddy took him outside to play for a while.

Even after he came in, he started “showing off” which for Tyler is holding up toys and showing them to our friends. He then toddles over to my friend and just stared at the baby for a while.

Apparently, there is a book called Raising Cain (not the scary one related to the movie with John Lithgow) about raising boys. My friend saw a television show on the book that talked about a study where girls where much more tolerant of their Moms with second babies and the sons having a much harder time with it. After hearing Tyler’s reaction, my friend said that Tyler’s reaction was textbook down to the showing off.

It really took me aback. I realize that I have a lot of reading and strategizing to do before this baby comes to ease us all (especially Tyler) into this transition.