An ice cream date

Before Cason was born, Noah was my little baby. I spoiled him rotten and gave in to more of his whims than I probably should have. But I didn’t care, he was my baby! So when the time drew near for Cason to join our family, I just knew the sibling jealousy was going to be bad. Baaaaaaaad. There was no way Noah was going to want to share me with someone else. So I mentally prepared myself for the worst. And what I got was the COMPLETE opposite of what I imagined.

Noah loved Cason from the moment he laid eyes on him. He never acted jealous AT ALL. He is always caring and loving toward Cason. He loves playing with him, tickling him, talking with him and just being near him. And he’s been that way since day one.

However….this past Sunday was Cason’s baby dedication so the entire day was about him. And that’s when it started.

Shortly after church was over, Noah burst into tears over something so small. At lunch, he burst into tears several times because he didn’t get to hand me his menu, or his silverware didn’t have a little green paper on it like everybody else’s, or this or that or this or that. He’s had a few of these little episodes since then. And he also wants me to hold him constantly.

I guess reality is finally setting in with him and he realizes that I’m now having to split my attention between him and his brother. It makes me so sad for him to feel this way. So in an effort to show him more attention, I picked Noah up early from school yesterday and took him on an ice cream date!

It took some convincing to get him to be ok with leaving Cason at school. We had to go give Cason bye hugs and kisses before we could leave! But he was SO excited about going for ice cream with just Mom! He had never been to Yogurt Mountain before. He kept saying, “This is an awesome ice cream factory!”

Cotton candy ice cream was his choice! He loved getting to pick out the different toppings.

We enjoyed our little date and I decided we definitely needed to have more dates in our future! Hopefully this will help him transition better into his new role as big brother! I couldn’t love that little boy any more if I tried!