It’s not a secret that Katherine is jealous of baby Jonathan. She certainly makes no attempt to hide it. In the first days after he came home she would make an extremely obnoxious noise when he was nearby, and was prone to telling us “Down baby! Down baby!” when we carried him. There’s still quite a bit of direct jealousy, but currently her preferred expression is to try to emulate him. Well, either that or to say “No baby cry!” when he’s being fussy.
She started her emulation process by trying to climb into his high chair, which didn’t work particularly well. She then moved on to his Boppy seat, which she can just barely wedge herself into. She also spends a lot of time in the rocking chair in his room, which is where Robin nurses Jonathan. Lately she’s been trying to swing in his motorized swing. It has a weight limit of 25 lbs. — she’s 45. She’s now also developed a fake “baby cry” that she uses when she’s playing sometimes.
Yesterday she tried jamming herself into Jonathan’s rear-facing infant seat. She was able to do it — by squeezing her knees up to her head. Robin took the opportunity to fuss over “baby Katherine” and put Jonathan in the booster seat, which greatly amused Katherine.
I’m just concerned that we’re going to find her lying in his crib, or trying to put on one of his diapers one of these days.