Living a Double Life

Welcoming William

Originally published 18 May 2016

Back at the end of last year we found out that our little famly would be expanding. Not to adding a pet dinosaur or some more cats, as I'd have liked, but with another boy. I was going to be a big brother! Over the next few months Mummy tried to get me used to the idea by telling me that the baby was growing in her tummy, and so I introduced myself by talking to him through her belly button (well, that's what they're for, right?).

Mummy finished working at the end of April and just over a week later it was all on - baby was coming! On Tuesday 10th May, baby William came into the world, and later that day Daddy picked me up from daycare to take me to the hospital so I could welcome William into the world.

He looked tiny lying in Mummy's arms; like a little rag doll. We're obviously both very courteous gentlemen since we each gave gifts to the other - I gave William a husky cuddly toy, and he gave me a toy car and truck. On the following day when Daddy took me to the hospital to see them again, I asked him what the present would be for me that time. Oh well, no harm in trying...

A couple of days later the doctors said they could go home, so Daddy and I went to pick them both up from the hospital and take them home. Since then William spends his time split between feeding and sleeping in his bassinette, so I don't think he'll be playing cars and reading books with me any time soon. I do think he's very cute though, and often pat him a little bit like he's a cat. I've even been able to hold him a couple of times, though only with Mummy hovering close by.

Now that William's here it seems Mummy has a bit of a new role; she spends hardly any time playing and a lot of time feeding William milk, though I still haven't quite worked out the difference between the milk he has and the stuff Daddy gets for me from the fridge. It's just one of the things I'm sure I'll learn soon as I get to know my little brother better. If Mummy and Daddy thought they had a full life before, they haven't seen anything yet!