The repetition of the phrase 'when the baby is here' is the theme of this book. The little girl is very excited before Sammy arrives, but it isn't long before she sees him as noisy, hungry and smelly, and, more importantly, she isn't getting attention. She decides to try to hide him or scare him, but he thinks she is funny, and she soon learns it's more fun to entertain him. This little book packs a lot of feeling and emotion into twenty pages.