Babysitter in Training

Recently I discovered a glimpse of the joy of having two kids. As Madison is four months now (Gee, where did all the time go?), she's more responsive and physically capable (she can hold her head up steady, roll over, and prop herself up with her arms when lying on her belly) so Luke found her much more interesting to interact with than the former crying little lunmp that only deserves poking and pulling.

So this week I found myself in the extraordinary position of being confident enough to ask Luke to watch Madison for me. This is a huge milestone because last month I couldn't leave them two alone for even a second. Now not only I feel that I can trust my 3-year-old not to hurt the baby, but I can also expect the baby to get some quality entertainment. Luke sings songs, reads books (as evidenced in a previous post), makes silly faces and does crazy dances that make Madison giggle out loud. (Sometimes I don't even get what is so funny...I guess it's a kid thing that only they can understand.) To top the list off, when Madison fusses, Luke can shush her back into contentment!! What a transformation.

Last night, I asked Luke to babysit his sister again when I needed to jump into the shower before feeding Madsion. Towards the end of my shower, Luke barged into the bathroom and called, "Mama, you need to come feed Madison now coz she wouldn't stop crying even I shush her. She's hungry, you know!" Wow, he's reading hunger cues already. Maybe in a few years he can get a babysitting job - I'm sure if we teach him a few more tricks here and there, he'll be very professional by then.