The Sibling Book

This book was created especially for

Rachel Dee Logan

With love from
Grandma and Grandpa
August 13, 2000

Once there was a little girl name Rachel Dee Logan, age 5. She lived in Lovelady, Texas. One day, something very exciting happened at Rachel's home.  A brand new baby girl came to stay.

“This is our new baby,” everyone said to Rachel.  Her name is Sarah.” Rachel could hardly believe it.  “Wow!” Rachel said right out loud.  “I’m Sarah's big sister! I wonder what this is going to be like.”

From that day on, Rachel began to find out what it was like to have a new baby sister in her family.  What Rachel first noticed was that everyone seemed very happy.  Rachel also noticed that everyone seemed very busy, too.

There was always a flurry of activity around Sarah. 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.

Sarah was very nice to look at!  But she wasn’t able to talk or walk or play.  She wasn’t even able to sit up by herself.  There were only two things she could do!  She could sleep, and she could cry.  Little Sarah was pretty good at sleeping, and she was very good at crying.

Sarah took a lot of looking after.  She had to be washed in warm, soapy water: warm, but not too warm; soapy, but not too soapy.  She had to be dried with a soft towel: soft, but not too soft; fluffy, but not too fluffy.  She had to be dressed in special clothes and fed special food.  And everyone had to to be very quiet, so little Sarah could get to sleep.

It wasn’t just friends and relatives and neighbors who wanted to see Sarah. There were doctors and nurses, too.  They wanted to have a look at her just like everyone else.  They even had special gadgets for listening to his heart, his lungs, and all the other things inside her.

Rachel wondered if Sarah sometimes just wanted to be left alone.  Everyone was always making such a fuss over her! Actually, Rachel sometimes wished that everyone would leave Sarah alone.  “Maybe they should make a fuss about me for a while, Rachel thought.”

Sometimes Sarah was taken for a walk.  she was wrapped in a special little blanket, and there was a special little buggy for her to ride in.  And wherever they went, it was baby Sarah 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, ”Rachel thought to herself.

Sarah was given all sorts of special presents, just because she was a baby:  beautiful flowers to brighten up the house; big fluffy teddy bears to watch her as she slept; and all kinds of toys!  There were toys to shake, toys to stack and toys to roll.  Rachel's toys were mostly old ones that she had played with for years.

It seemed that no one had much time for Rachel.  “Let’s go to the park and play,” Rachel said. “We’re sorry, Rachel.  We’re busy with the baby.”  “Will you read me a book?” Rachel asked.  “Maybe later, since the baby needs me just now.”  “Could we play a game together?” Rachel wondered.  “That’s a good idea, but the baby is a little fussy.”

One morning as she was waking up, Rachel had an idea.  “When I was a baby, “she thought to herself, “everyone made a fuss over me.”  Rachel thought that maybe she should become a baby again.  “If I were a baby,” she said to herself, “Sarah wouldn’t be the only one they would fuss about!” 

Rachel thought about doing what baby Sarah did.  She thought about lying on her back, and crying the way Sarah did.  “Would I get lots of hugs and kisses if I acted like that?” Rachel wondered… “I don’t think so,” she said to herself.  “And I think that I would feel pretty silly.”

At playtime, Rachel 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 Rachel! After all, she was Sarah's big sister! Instead, she picked out 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.

“Being a baby is fine for Sarah, “Rachel said to herself.  “But I’m happy being a big sister! And when baby Sarah gets a little older, we’ll have lots fun playing together.  And I think she’s going to like having me for a big sister!”

”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,” Rachel thought.  “I’m glad that this is Sarah's time to be a baby.  And I’m glad that she has come to live with us and we will grow up together!”

Rachel Dee Logan

Hope you enjoy this gift

Grandma and Grandpa

The End