Big Sister Tour

To help Cora get ready to be a "big sister", we took a tour of the hospital! It was also pretty helpful for William and I too - it's amazing how much can change in 2 years. Parking is different, the entrance was different, some of the rooms were different. So it was a good refresher for us as well.


There were 3 "big sisters" in the class, with Cora being the youngest. She may have been too young to get the most out of the tour but I still wanted her to see where baby Charlotte was going to be born and also where she would come to visit mommy. Cora really enjoyed seeing the rooms and playing with the baby dolls. One of my favorite moments was seeing a newborn!  They had one baby in the nursery so we were able to show the girls a real baby.  The baby was so cute!  We think it was a boy and he opened his eyes and just looked at everyone.  The girls really liked that.  Cora was interested at the beginning but soon was distracted with running down the hall. 


Putting her name tag on!


Seeing the rooms!  She really enjoyed the big light!





She also enjoyed working the pedals for the sink!


She LOVED running around the bathrooms.


After the tour, we went to a classroom where baby dolls were set up and the girls could practice holding, swaddling, and changing the baby.  The other two girls did great!  Cora on the other hand was a little rough with the baby doll!  She kept banging it on the table and poking it's eyes and mouth.  The instructor said we may need to watch Cora with her baby sister. 



Not quite how you hold a newborn...



Looking better.. Just need to support the head.



Getting some help from mommy.



She did pretty well changing the diaper and wiping the baby.


At the end of that, the girls got "Big Sister" stickers to wear when they come to visit the hospital and also a little story book about becoming a big sister. 



Cora with her book.  She has really enjoyed reading it.


The tour ended with that - but we were pretty lucky and ran into a sweet friend, Michelle, who is a nurse and was working that afternoon.  Michelle is actually one of the nurses that helped me when I had Cora so that made it even more special!  She took us on a little behind the scenes tour - we got to play in the rooms some more.  The most interesting part to me was showing Cora the room she was born in.  Luckily the room was free as they did not have many patients that day.



Here we are!  This is the room Cora was born in!



Cora trying out the stethoscope.

The long walk back to the car.  Cora (and mommy) was ready to go home at this point!