Getting Used To The Idea - A Post By Kitter

I've been noticing something.

Mommy is getting big. There is an entire room upstairs where I am Not Allowed to go. It is full of things I would love to play in, but I am Not Allowed to investigate. A basket came a few weeks ago that looked like it was for me - it was the perfect size for napping - but I was Not Allowed to lay in it. Daddy is building a closet area upstairs that looks like a perfect playground for me, but I am Not Allowed to play in it.

So I asked Mommy one day what was going on, and she explained it to me.

There is going to be a baby. In this house.

At first, I was very much not happy with this idea. I am the baby, after all.

Mommy told me, though, that this is a good thing, and eventually I believed her. I will be the Big Sister, and that comes with lots of responsibility. I think that I am up for the challenge.

Mommy assured me that even though I will not be the only baby any more, I will still get cuddles. And, she told me, I am allowed to cuddle with the baby as long as she and Daddy are there to supervise. We practiced a little bit.

I had to be very careful, though, because I could not even see the baby and that made it hard to cuddle with her. However, I was very gentle and very gingerly lulled her to sleep with my purrs. (She kicked me a little bit, though, which I was not sure about.) Mommy told me that the baby will like the purrs when she gets here, but I will be Not Allowed to lay on top of her then. I guess that is a good idea. She will be very little, and I am big. And fluffy. And a little bit not used to babies.

Mommy also let me be a part of this process by letting me help pick out the baby's name. She did not like the idea of naming the baby after me; she said that a little girl named "Kitter" might be weird, so she gave me a book to look at to find other possibilities.

I think the baby should be named "Baby." That is easy to remember. I might call her that no matter what Mommy and Daddy name her.

I was very tired after talking about it and learning so much about babies, but Mommy said I could lay on my favorite blanket and have a photo shoot. I like having my picture taken, and I did a new good pose for this one. I hope that I can still have my picture taken when Baby gets here. Maybe we can have our picture taken together!

I think that I will like having a Baby Sister. I will do my best to be a good Big Sister for her.