The Berenstain Bears And Baby Makes Five (first Time Books(r))

The Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10010 For more ebooks, visit us at: http://www.ipicturebooks.com All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2000 by Stan and Jan Berenstain Originally published by Random House in 2000 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. e-ISBN: 1-59019-223-0 Ebook conversion by wTree.com Big news in Bear Country! The Bear family, who lives in the big tree house down a sunny dirt road, has a new member; a baby girl named Honey. What fun! What excitement! What a nuisance! Sometimes it seemed that it was crying, feeding, spitting up, burping, and diapering around the clock. And when it wasn't those things, it was cuddling, fussing And when it wasn’t those things, it was shopping, shopping and more shopping for things that were needed for the new baby. dandling, and kitchy-cooing. At least that's how it seemed to Sister Bear. Brother Bear understood that babies need a lot of attention. He'd been through it before when Sister was born. But having a new baby in the house was a new experience for Sister, and she wasn't enjoying it very much. It didn't help that when Papa came home from work every day, the first thing he did was pick up the new baby, make goo-goo eyes, and say, "How's my darlin' little dumpling?" Dumpling. Good name for her, thought Sister-a fat little doughball that was hard to swallow. It didn't help at all when Aunt Min and Uncle Louie visited and made a big fuss over the new baby. "Well, Sis," said Uncle Louie, "I guess you're not the big star around here anymore. Ha-ha-ha!" Ha-ha-ha, indeed! It wasn't just Aunt Min and Uncle Louie. It was as if every bear for miles around came to admire the new baby and say how cute she was! "So cute!" said Mrs. Grizzle. "Cute as a button!" said Farmer Ben. "Cute as a bug!" said Mrs. Bruin. "Yeah," snapped Sister under her breath, "a stink bug!" Sister had a point about the new baby being a stink bug. While she couldn't do much, she sure was good at wetting and filling diapers. "Sister, dear," said Mama one day when she was attending to the baby, "it's not very polite to say 'pee-yoo' every time you come near the baby. Meanwhile, would you do me a favor and slosh this diaper in the toilet before you throw it away?" "Pee-yoo!" And the fuss they made when the baby did the least little thing. "Get out the tape recorder! The baby said 'Goo'!" "Get out the videocam! The baby is smiling!" "Call the newspapers! The baby laughed out loud!" It was easy to see that Sister was getting grumpier and grumpier. At least, it would have been easy to see if Mama and Papa hadn't been so busy with the new baby. But since babies can't do much for themselves, they do need a lot of care and attention. Brother needed a lot of care and attention when he was a baby. So did Sister. That's the way it is with babies. It takes Moth