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Elisha, my first born, was almost 4 years old when his sister was born. At his age, he still needs a lot of attention because he is only a preschooler. He still needs to be taken cared of and he still wants to be taken cared of. Although he dislikes being called a baby, I still see him as one :) So since the day I knew I was pregnant, I have thought of creative ideas how not to make him feel jealous and to assure him that he is still loved.

Before Meimei (his sister) came out, I already asked family members not to tease EJ that he’s not loved anymore because a new baby is coming knowing that that kind of joke (bad joke actually) will open the door to jealousy or worse, will cause EJ to hate her sister. I have always been careful not to make him feel rejected and not make him feel loved less because of the arrival of a “new love”. I try my best to do the things we used to do when he was still an only child like telling him stories, playing with him, teaching him and dating him. Yes, I do date my son weekly to make sure that he understands that he matters because “mama has a time just for me”  :) . 

Our “Date Day” is scheduled every Saturday afternoon after his children’s choir practice in church. Most of the time we go to the mall to do 2 things: (1) arcade to play basketball :D and (2) eat whatever he likes to eat. Sometimes I buy toys or stuff for him (based on the budget) and sometimes he gets to decide a surprise “pasalubong” (gift) for his sister. We usually spend 2-3 hours on our date :) Today we went to have some of his favorite movies downloaded to his PSP and ate at KFC while waiting for the download to finish (see photo below). It was good because accidentally we met her aunt (my sister) so she was able to take this picture.

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Almost every Saturday morning he’d wake up and tell me, “MAMA, IT’S SATURDAY TODAY RIGHT? IT’S OUR DATE DAY!” Seeing how excited he is for this day makes me look forward to every Saturdays too because that’s the day I’m dating my prince :)  

And just incase you’re wondering, yes, I also have a date with Meimei… But I’ll blog about it some other time. (wink)