Hailey has always been a mamma’s girl.  She likes to cuddle on mamma, she like’s mamma to hold her and if I was holding her she would jump over to mamma’s arms if she got the slightest chance.  I didn’t mind, I grew up as a mamma’s boy myself.  So I knew how she felt.  Recently Hailey has been shifting over to being daddy’s little girl. 

The past few days she has been cuddling up to me at least as much as she does to Jamie.  Hope that doesn’t hurt Jamie’s feelings any, but it really makes me feel good when Hailey just wants me to hold her or when she laughs hysterically when I play with her.  I’ve been trying to take the burden off of Jamie a little bit of bathing and carrying Hailey because Jamie’s already carrying Abby everywhere.  I think that may be helping toward Hailey warming up to me a bit.  Whatever the cause, it’s a nice feeling having her not cry whenever I take her from mamma.  She still loves her mamma and loves to cuddle up to her, but now I’m included in the fun.  Being a father is without a doubt the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

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Baby Hailey isnt going to the baby of the household for too much longer, her sister Abigale will be here soon!! (four more months to go….and i am asking my self if these prenatal vitiams are working? i am soooo tired this pregnancy)  Hailey and Abigale will be 18 months apart, is this a good thing or not?? My brother and i were 13 months apart and we has so much fun growing up together, like bestfriends, he was my built in playmate and i loved it that way! of course we were so close that we did have bad fights in between all the fun but what siblings dont have a good cat fight?! 

I have heard that being so close can cause a rift between the two. The older silbing tries to get rid of the new addition, and can act out. Will being so close in age will cause Hailey to be jealous of her new baby sister or will it bring them closer togther?

I am curious if anyone has any stories relating to this? Is there anything i can do to ease this transition for my Baby Hailey?  Wish us luck

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Fellow parents and bloggers, we all love putting our kids pictures, videos and stories up for our friends, family and anyone who is interested to see our daily lives.  But in the world we live in we have to be cautious how we do it.  If you, like us put your child out for the world to see please be sure to be careful to still keep certain information private.  I know we put up pictures of ourselves and our kids and we use our names on our sites, but we still need to keep a certain amount of anonynimity for our families.  One way to do that is to go under false names.  Another, be cautious not to give out information like last names, schools your children attend or other information that could aide a potential predator in finding out to much about you.

While we hope nothing like that ever happens, we also don’t want to put ourselves in a situation where we or our kids are in any danger.  When you write on your websites or put your videos up on YouTube, just keep in mind that you don’t always know who may be watching.  If you run a blog or other site about your children, take care to make sure your personal details are secure on your domain name.  Someone with not much computer knowledge can find out who owns a domain and even where they live, so check with your hosting company right away and see what security they offer to keep you anonymous.  If your registrar or hosting company doesn’t offer this service, www.domainsbyproxy.com is a good company to check out. 

Keep putting up those cute stories!  Just keep you and your family safe at the same time!  God bless you all!

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