The Best Big Brother

Anyone who knows us know that our first child was really Mr. Miles Von Wigglesworth III.  We adopted him a little over a year ago when we were in Maui.  He has been the perfect little pup. He is sweet and tries so hard to be obedient and likable.  We both love him to pieces and were wondering how he would react to having to compete with a new baby brother.  We were especially concerned when he started to have "accidents" about a month before I was due to deliver little Beckett.  After ruling out any medical reason for his sudden relapse in potty training with the vet (which required collecting a urine sample...quite a feat in and of itself), we decided that he was "acting out" in response to the pregnancy and pending changes.  So, we were especially curious to see how he'd react to the baby.  

Ryan prepped him by bringing home a baby blanket to smell.  He was very curious about the blanket and even more curious about the baby when we finally came home.  He wanted to sniff him up and down and gave him a few tentative licks on the back of his head but was always very cautious and gentle with Beckett.  Now that he's had a few weeks to get used to having a baby in the house, he seems to feel a sense of responsibility for the baby.  When Becks sits in his bouncer chair he has a buddy sitting right next to him the whole time.  If Beckett starts to cry, Miles immediately stares at him and then at me as if he's waiting for me to fix it.  If it takes me more than a few seconds to take care of the baby, Miles will come over to me and jump up on me to get me moving faster.  When Beckett is sleeping in his crib and Miles and I are in the living room, Miles is always the first one to respond to any noises that Beckett makes.

That's not to say that there isn't a little jealousy.  Miles does try to be in the middle of everything that is happening.  He becomes very animated when visitors come to see the baby and likes to sit between Ryan and I, with or without the baby near by.  If I lay out a blanket to wrap Beckett in Miles wants to sit on it and you can see that Miles thinks that the Boppy was made exclusively for him.