February 23, 2019

Siblings Class at Southeast Hospital

With smiles and curiosity on their faces, soon-to-be big siblings enter the Harrison Room of Southeast Hospital with their parents to participate in a class to expose them to what it’s like to be a big brother or sister.

Myles Griffin, 5, gets his footprint done at the beginning of the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Sophia Beal, 4, carries a baby doll to her parents, Emily and Steven Beal, to practice how to change a diaper during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Kamden Bredekamp, 4, practices how to change a diaper with his mom Brandy Lafentres and his step-dad Michael Followell during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Kamden Bredekamp, 4, practices changing a diaper on a baby doll with the help of his mom Brandy Lafentres during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Myles Griffin, 5, puts a hat back on a baby doll during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Sophia Beal, 4, points to painted footprints in a display case in the hallway of the obstetrics floor during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Kamden Bredekamp, 4, center, looks back at his parents after seeing a newborn baby in the window, while Sophia Beal, 4, left, and Myles Griffin, 5, right, look at the newborn during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Myles Griffin, 5, and Sophia Beal, 4, look at the mattress piece of the nursery cradle in one of the delivery rooms of Southeast Hospital during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Saydee Williamson, 16 months, gets her footprint done at the beginning of the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Sophia Beal, 4, holds her mom Emily Beal's hand as Candy Kirn, a unit secretary, paints the bottom of her foot in order to get her footprint done at the beginning of the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Buttons and stickers sit on the counter during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Baby dolls sit on a table during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Bethanie Foster, a surgical tech, talks to Sophia Beal, 4, at the beginning of the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Kamden Bredekamp, 4, front, and Myles Griffin, 5, watch a short movie showing how to be a "big sibling superhero" at the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Soon-to-be-big siblings look at a baby doll during the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Kamden Bredekamp, 4, picks out a baby doll, to practice how to change a diaper, as part of the sibling class offered at Southeast Hospital, to help prepare children to become a big brother or sister, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

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With smiles and curiosity on their faces, soon-to-be big siblings enter the Harrison Room of Southeast Hospital with their parents to participate in a class to expose them to what it’s like to be a big brother or sister.

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