Last Friday night, we took the kids - Riley, Ethan and Emily along with Josh to the local splash park to play. They had a blast of course! Then we took them to have snow cones afterwards.
At one point while we were having snow cones, Emily came over to see me and I picked her up and said "Come here you little sweetie pie!" All of the sudden, Riley turned around from his snow cone and said "No Mommy! I'm your sweetie pie! Not Emmy!"
Oh goodness! It was so sweet and sad at the same time! So sweet that he even notices I call him sweetie pie..b/c I would never know it! But so sad at how much his life is about to be turned upside down! :(
I mean let's face it - he's the CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE - for both Kelly and I now! He has 2 parents, playmates, servants at his disposal!
I've already started to be cognizant of the things I say like "You're the sweetest boy in the world!" and "Mommy's Little Man"...so I'm thinking - how do I tweak that so it doesn't all of the sudden seem like Riley's being cast aside b/c we have a new little man.I know...I'm a freak! But I would never want either one of my kid's to feel hurt by me saying something seemingly innocent, but it coming across as playing favorites or whatever!
At least I have a whole new area of focus with this new baby...LOL! I don't even know if these are thoughts other parents have, but they do cross my mind!
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