I've started packing up some of the baby toys and clothes that are too small for my 2 year old. So now when she sees some clothes that are too small for her she says they are hers. I tell her they are too small for her and now they are for Baby Abbi. She'll point to the dresser and say, "My clothes," I say, "Yes." Then she points to the box of clothes and says, "Baby Abbi's clothes" and I say, "yes."
She has lots of dolls and stuffed animals that used to be mine. Now when she says they are hers, I tell her, "No, that is mine, I am sharing with you. You can play with it." So when the baby comes along, she will know those were mine, not hers, and we are sharing with Abbigail. Also, hopefully, it will inspire her to share her toys with her little sister.
She also knows that there is a box of toys that are for the baby. They are too young for her to play with so I took them away now so that when I give them to the baby, hopefully, she won't get upset.
My 2 year old and I were cleaning the playroom. I told her to put all the animals in the boat.
Toddler: No, baby do it.
Me: You want Baby Abbi to do it?
Toddler: Yeah.
Me: She can't, she's still in Mommy's tummy and she didn't make the mess, you did.
So, she already sees the advantages of being an older sister.
One day one of my kindergarten boys told me, "Your baby needs to hurry up and come or it will be late and it won't be born before school gets out."
I told him, "The baby is not supposed to be born before school gets out. She is will be born in June, after school gets out."
My class is so excited to see the baby, too bad (for them) she'll be born during summer break.
At dinner, my husband and I were discussing a date we had been on.
Husband: Was that before we were married or after?
Me: I think it was after we were married.
Toddler: No! You married.
Me: Yes, we are married.
Looking at her dad she said: You put baby in Mommy's tummy.
Me (shocked): Yes he did.
Where did she learn that? We are not that frank with our 2 year old.
The day before we found out the gender of the baby, I asked my students to tell me which they thought my baby would be.
The next day I told them I was having a girl. It was funny to see the groans from those who thought I was having a boy and the cheers from those who thought I was having a girl.
One morning, one of my kindergartners asked me, "When your baby is born, is that its birthday?" I answered, "Yes, it is."
