The Sibling
Book
Words in red are the personalized words
This book was created
especially for
Amanda Lindsey
at the age of 2
With Love From,
Mommy & Daddy
March 8, 2002
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Once
there was a little girl named Amanda, age 2. She lived in Chicago, Illinois.
One day, something very exciting happened at Amanda's
home. A brand new baby boy came to stay.
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"This
is our new baby," everyone said to Amanda.
"His name is Scott."
Amanda could hardly believe it. "Wow!"
Amanda said right out loud. "I'm Scott's big sister! I wonder what this is going to be
like."
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From
that day on, Amanda began to find out what it
was like to have a new baby brother in her family. What Amanda
first noticed was that everyone seemed very happy. Amanda
also noticed that everyone seemed very busy, too.
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There
was always a flurry of activity around Scott.
Friends and relatives and neighbors were dropping in all the time. Everyone
wanted to come for a visit. And everyone wanted to see the new baby.
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Scott
was very nice to look at! But he wasn't able to
talk or walk or play. He wasn't even able to sit
up by himself. There were only two things he could do! He could
sleep, and he could cry. Little Scott was pretty good at sleeping, and he was very good at crying.
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Scott
took a lot of looking after. He had to be washed
in warm, soapy water: warm, but not too warm; soapy, but not too soapy. He had to be dried with a soft, fluffy towel: soft,
but not too soft; fluffy, but not too fluffy. He
had to be dressed in special clothes and fed special food. And everyone had to
be very quiet, so that little Scott could get to
sleep.
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It
wasn't just friends and relatives and neighbors who wanted to see Scott. There were doctors and nurses, too. They wanted
to have a look at him just like everyone else.
They even had special gadgets for listening to his
heart, his lungs, and all the other things
inside him.
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Amanda
wondered if Scott sometimes just wanted to be
left alone. Everyone was always making such a fuss over him! Actually, Amanda sometimes
wished that everyone would leave Scott alone.
"Maybe they should make a fuss about me for a while," Amanda thought.
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Sometimes
Scott was taken for a walk. He was wrapped in a special little blanket, and there
was a special little buggy for him to ride in.
And wherever they went, it was baby Scott that
the people wanted to see. "Oh, what rosy little cheeks!" they would
say. "And, what pretty little eyes, and darling little fingers!"
"People sure do like babies," Amanda
thought to herself."
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Baby
Scott was given all sorts of special presents,
just because he was a baby: beautiful flowers to
brighten up the house, big fluffy teddy bears to watch him
as he slept, and all kinds of toys! There were
toys to shake, toys to stack and toys to roll. Amanda's
toys were mostly old ones that she had played
with for years.
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It
seemed that no one had much time for Amanda.
"Let's go to the park and play," Amanda
said.
"We're
sorry, Amanda. We're busy with the baby."
"Will
you read me a book?" Amanda asked.
"Maybe
later, since the baby needs me just now."
"Could
we play a game together?" Amanda
questioned.
"That's
a good idea, but the baby is a little fussy."
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One
morning as she was waking up, Amanda had an idea. "When I was a baby," she thought to herself, "everyone made a fuss
over me." Amanda thought that maybe she should become a baby again. "If I were a
baby," she said to herself,
"Scott wouldn't be the only one they would
fuss about!"
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Amanda
thought about doing what baby Scott did. She thought about lying on her
back, and crying the way Scott did. "Would
I get lots of hugs and kisses if I acted like that?" Amanda wondered... "I don't think so," she said to herself.
"And I think that I would feel pretty silly."
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At
play time, Amanda wondered about sitting in the
middle of the floor and making funny little noises the way babies sometimes do.
But it was just too embarrassing for Amanda!
After all, she was Scott's
big sister! Instead, she picked out a few books
and a few toys from the toy box. They weren't brand new, but they were her favorites, and she
had lots of fun with them.
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"Being
a baby is fine for Scott," Amanda said to herself. "But I'm happy being a
big sister! And when baby Scott gets a little older, we'll have lots of fun
playing together. And I think he's going to like
having me for a big sister!"
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"There's
a time to be a baby, and there's a time to be big. And every time can be happy
in its own way," Amanda thought. "I'm
glad that this is Scott's time to be a baby. And
I'm glad that he has come to live with us and we
will grow up together!"
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Amanda
Lindsey
Hope
you enjoy this gift.
Mommy & Daddy