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Any Good Books About Getting a New Sibling (For a 3-Year-old Target Audience)?
"I'm A Big Sister (or Big Brother)". My son loved to read this book (same age as your daughter) when I was pregnant with #2. Helpful? ...
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- Mercer Mayer also has a Just me and my baby brother/sister books, depending n which you are going to have. We also used "Hello, Baby" by Lizzy Rockwell for our 4 year ...
- We used the I'm a Big Brother book, which our son loved. However, the thing I found worked more was letting our son pick the baby's name. (Not to mention helping brea...
- I read a lot of Berenstein Bear books to my kids when they were little. There was even one about preparing to have a new sibling in the house.
Need a Gift Idea to Announce 2Nd Pregnancy to Grandparents
I'm the BIG sister/brother on it. I've seen this done and it was really cute! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- We announced our 2nd baby with a picture of our son holding a sign that says "I got a baby sister or brother due in August!" Everyone thought it was so cute when we se...
- TO announce our second child, we had a shirt made that said "BIG SISTER April 2006". Then we had our daughter and parents open the present together. It was a huge...
- How about a nice picture of your child with a t-shirt in that says... I'm the BIG sister/brother on it. I've seen this done and it was really cute!
Book for Toddlers About New Baby
I'm looking for a book written for toddler-aged children about the arrival of a new baby or about being a big brother/sister. I'm sure such books must exist ...
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- "McDuff and the Baby" by Rosemary Wells was terrific for us...it's about a dog whose family has a baby. It gave us an opportunity to explain all the time a baby needs...
- I really like the Usborne Book, I think it is called "bringing Home Baby." It also shows the mommy breastfeeding, if you do that.
- If there is a Half-Priced Book store near you go there, you will find all the bokks mentioned her and more. That was were we got I am a Big Brother for my son
How to Tell the "New Grandparents" the Good News!!
For our second, I bought a t-shirt for my daughter that said "I'm gonna be a big sister!" (I found big brother/sister t-shirts online) and then we invited ...
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- My SIL had a pretty sign printed up that said We're Pregnant. They held the sign up and posed for a beautiful black and white picture of them kissing and them smiling...
- Hi S., When we got pregnant with our first child, we waited until around 12 weeks to tell anyone, the way we did it was fun, but didn't go exactly as I planned! We to...
- Both of our moms collect angel figurines. We found two different angel figurines holding babies, wrapped them up, and gave them to our moms. When they wondered why t...
Big Span in Years Between Siblings??
My stepson will get down and play with his sister just like she were a kid his age. And of course my daughter enjoys playing what her big brother is playing ...
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- Hi Kim, I don't think the age span will make a big difference with the kids. I have two boys (19 and 18) and I have a daughter (3) and I was so worried about their r...
- I have 2 daughters EXACTLY 4 years apart - 4 and a half and 5 months old. My oldest was so excited to be a big sister and help with her baby sister. I think having chi...
- Hey K., Me and my brother are exactly 5 years apart and we are extremely close. I think the key will be to do a lot of family activities. Every summer we went on a ...
Gifts for Older Siblings
How a bout a plate or diploma as oficial big sister and a boucher to a DAY ... then the date write on the shirt how they are the best big brother/sister. ...
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- Wen I had my second child by oldest daughter was 7 and I bought a suitcase for her so she would have something to do at the hospital. I filled it with snacks, a great...
- We bought our three oldest children really good cameras. My husband and I also allowed them to pick out a name for a boy and we picked the name for a girl. When we fou...
- Do this. Get 2 white plain T shirts in their sizes. then Buy some puffy paint. After the baby arrives Take the babys feet ink them and have each child stand next to t...
2.5 Year Old and Newborn
I give big sister a sence of usefulness by giving her things to do to help too. But I would say 98% of the time she isn't doing anything to hurt her brother ...
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- I read most of the other responses, and I have to say that I worry about this very issue with my son, who will be 3 2 weeks before Baby Sister is due. With all this in...
- Hi A., I don't have 2 kids but I do have a 2.5 year old son. My brother just had a new baby so I do have some experience with toddlers and newborns. My son LOVES ...
- Im in the same boat! I found that giving my two year old more play time with others his age helps a little, it lets him be ruff and get it out so he's gentler with his...
Babyproofing Home That Is Still Enjoyable for 3 Year Old Big Brother
I'm looking for suggestions on how to keep the baby out of big brothers. ... My sister had her older son play with those toys that had small parts only in ...
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- You can get baby gates, I've seen ones that can be erected to male a large play area. You can place the crawler in there.
- My sister had her older son play with those toys that had small parts only in his bedroom. If the younger one was sleeping, then he could have the toys out in the mai...
- I am currently expecting #3. I have a 3 and 5 year old. I explain that some of thier toys could hurt the baby. We have a tube that 35mm film comes in, and we check ...
Creative Way to Annouce You Are Expecting
Aug 29, 2009 ... One of my friends had a tshirt made for the big brothersister that saidIm gonna be a big brother She posted on her blog and sent email of ...
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- For our first child we bought fortune cookies from the store. You can microwave the cookies for about 10 seconds in the microwave and it will open enough for you to p...
- Here are a couple ideas, but your family needs to be close to you. 1. Have them come over for dinner and have everything that starts with "baby" such as baby back...
- Well this is what my husband and I did. We got a shirt that said " Worlds greatest big sister". And let her wear it when we went to everyone's house and didn't say any...
Ideas for Fun Stuff to Do for My First Child When My Second Is Born
I don't have two children myself, but my brother does. When their second child was born I bought my niece an "I'm the big sister" t-shirt. ...
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- We haven't gone through this yet, but are preparing as well. My boys are 3 and 4 right now and their little sister will be arriving at the end of Feb/beginning of Marc...
- Congrads on your second child! My daughter was alittle bit older then yours but what I did was include her in everything. When a small baby shower was thrown for me ...
- Congratulations! I will be in a similar situation soon so I was asking my mom what she did. She said she put together a scavenger hunt for me while she was in the ho...
