Coping
with Family Changes
Written
by Yvonne Perry
Illustrated
by Hayley John
Making
Room for Brother
Making
Room for Brother
Coping
with Family Changes
Written
by Yvonne Perry
Illustrated
by Hayley John
From
The Sid Series of
Children’s Writings by Yvonne
Perry
Copyright
© 2009
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Making
Room for Brother ~ Coping with Family Changes
home,
but he always wanted a baby brother or
sister.
His mom and dad wanted to have another
baby,
too. But, two times when his mom got a baby
inside
her, the baby changed its mind and went
back
to the rainbow world when it was too small to
live
on Earth. This made everyone sad and they
cried.
Sid
was eight years old. He was the only child in his
the
doctor,” she explained, “and he said everything
looks
perfect! We are going to have a baby in about
six
months!” Everyone was happy.
Two
months later, Sid’s mom said to him, “I am
having
a test and I want you to go to my doctor with
me.
The test I’m having is called a sonogram, and it
will
show us a video of the baby inside me. We get to
find
out if it is a boy or a girl.”
Sid
was excited. Mainly because he would get to stay
out
of school for a few hours, and
he would be the
first
in the family to know if he was going to have a
baby
brother or a baby sister.
One
day Sid’s mom had a surprise. “I have been to