Do you think this is stupid?

coasterqueen wrote: I'm desperately hanging in there trying to remind myself that I don't have that much time left before Megan arrives, but you know how it is...one can drive themselves CRAZY waiting.

Kylie has been getting more and more excited about the baby too. The other day at Hobby Lobby she introduced herself, daddy, and me to the sales woman and then she pointed at my belly and said "this is my baby sister Megan". What a sweetheart.

Anyways......I was thinking of making some chain thingy that we can hang up in the house counting down the dates til my edd. Something Kylie and I can make and then each day take one more link off signifying one more day gone.

Do you think that's stupid? Seriously! Because I need your opinion before I go home and do it and DH says something. Also do you think it would confuse her in any way like if Megan comes late (or early, but that won't be the case, lol)?

I think I'm just getting delirious these days.

MommyToAshley replied: I think it is a cute idea.

I am not sure if Kylie would understand what a due date means, and if it would confuse her if the baby comes late? I haven't had to try to explain this to Ashley.

coasterqueen replied:
Hmmm didn't think of that.

I keep telling her that mommy and daddy are going to go to the hospital in a few months to have Megan and that she will stay with papa and gramma and that she will come to see us at the hospital and we will all come home as one big family. She replies with a "uh-huh" and then says "and can she take a bath with me?".

Hmmm, well maybe I'll play around with the idea and see. I was trying to find a way to help her see when Megan *should* be here. I think she's getting more impatient than I am because she can't sit on my lap as well anymore and that's making her mad.

Kaitlin'smom replied: I think its a cute idea, just tell her every time you take one off that this is when she might come, and that she might come earlier or a bit later. Then make sure you tell Megan she needs to come clsoe to that date hay I know it sounds weird but I told Kaitlin she could come any time after the 27th of Dec and she was born on the 28th. I guess I should have told her not to start until the 28th tho, I missed work that day...

coasterqueen replied:
That's funny. Didn't work for my miss stubborn Kylie, though. I had DH and me talking to her every night letting her know she could come out now...giving her an "eviction notice" so-to-speak...didn't work. Maybe I should have tried reverse pyschology with her.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
I hoep this one is not as stubborn

kit_kats_mom replied: I did this for Christmas with K and she LOVED it. We broke a piece of the chain off every night before bed then we counted the remaining links.

Since you don't know the exact due date, it may confuse her though. I'm not sure how to go about that. Maybe use a different color and add an extra 7 links to the end. When you get to those, you can say something like "OK, Megan will be here sometime this week...hopefully".

I really reccomend Dr. Sears' book about babies though. It helped K to understand a bit more what was going on. Whenever I'd have a bad contraction, DH would go, be nice to mommy, her tummy is squeezing just like in the book. He read it to her every night before bed.

mammag replied: I did that when I was pg with Keegan. It helped Conner (though he is a little older than Kylie) to see about how much longer. They can't understand how many days so that helps them to see it.

coasterqueen replied:
See that's what I was wondering because right now I just keep telling her it won't be long and she doesn't quite get it. So I think I might try this and see if it helps her see it better.

mammag replied: I also switched colors for each week so that he learned what a week looks like. It also made it easier for me because I knew each color was 7 days and I didn't have to recount if I was trying to figure out how many days myself.

A&A'smommy replied: I agree that is a VERY cute idea when and if Megan is late or early you can always add a day or have daddy take all the days down and have him tell her Megan decided to suprise Ya'll!

kim62377 replied: I think that is a wonderful idea! I've always loved stuff like that - ya know like at Christmas the little countdown calendars and stuff? What you could do as far as if you end up being late delivering (hopefully not! I know you're ready! ) is add like some extra links or something - maybe decorate, mark or whatever - the link OF your due date real special and then add say a week of extra links to give some 'slack'.! I'm not a parent yet myself but I think maybe that would help Kylie understand a little better that 'lil sis' may not arrive just exactly on time! Whatcha think?
I am so happy for you - I am sure you are so anxious and excited to see your baby! I'll be thinking about you - remember we want PICTURES!!!

Littlejojames replied: Hope its not stupid i have done a very similar thing, Was bored last week in work so i got a block of stick-its, like mini note pads and put the days counting down then took them home, each day i take one off in the morning.

Its soo cute that kylie likes to be very involved

aspenblue1 replied: I think it is a cute idea!

catou_98 replied: Great idea, not stupid at all.....I say go for it and have fun too! I might just do it myself when I get closer to my due date!

Kaitlin'smom replied: So did you make one??????

coasterqueen replied: We did make one last night. It was fun! She, DH and I colored and made designs on all of the pieces...which was a lot since there were 64 of them. Then we made them into a chain and hung it up! We definitely had a blast. Not quite sure if she completely understood it last night but just the excitment of doing it might have caused that. We'll see how she does tonight when she takes one off .

Kaitlin'smom replied: oh that does sound like fun, glad you did one, you can let us know how it goes.

kimberley replied: aww that is a sweet idea! what a wonderful way to help her understand and keep her involved in your pg! good job mom!

Josie83 replied: That's not stupid at all! I think its a great idea. Go for it! Might use it myself f Cassie ever becomes a big sister xx

JessC replied: I think that would be a good idea. Me and my brother do stuff like that all the time... so that he knows how many days are left. It has really helped him learn numbers!

loveydad replied: What a great idea! So great that you could get Kylie involved.

We might steal your idea (or do a sticker chart). Also maybe for Henry's graduation. Only about 3.5 mo to go!

ediep replied: sounds like a cute idea!!!

coasterqueen replied:
Great that you can use it to Vig. We used to do those countdown things when we were a child for Christmas, it was always so much fun. I think we are going to do one the month before Kylie's birthday too. She's constantly asking if it's her birthday and if she's gonna get presents now.......so I think it will be fun to do again when it's closer to her birthday.