What to do with child number two?
2010-03-16 at 07:01 am Jane RosenbergI often read articles about parent guilt – is my second child getting gyped? I remember feeling concerned about how I could possibly love my second child as much as my first. Once the baby was born though, all those fears vanished – I was totally and completely in love with her from the get-go. I discovered the Ergo Baby Carrier when my oldest was about two. It was so great for her (she could be near my and ride or easily get out and walk) and I wore it all through my pregnancy with the second. But I never knew how fabulous the carrier was until my second was born. I wore her in it ALL the time. She never had a feeding schedule – if she was hungry, I could feed her in the Ergo and she never had a sleeping schedule – if she was tired, she fell asleep in the Ergo. She was with me all the time and I talked and signed to her constantly. By 5 1/2 months (earlier than I have ever read about) she was signing back (her sister signed back at 8 1/2 months). I could do everything I needed to do or wanted to do with my older daughter, because I had the Ergo Baby Carrier. I was so enamored with it that I even became an internet reseller myself. Can you tell that I love this carrier? And second child … big deal … I was the fourth. My mother gave me my baby book when I became pregnant with my first. She thought I could use it, since it still had the celophane on it!
