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Transitioning a New Baby into the Family.
My daughter (who was a little over 2 when her brother was born) really loves the book "I'm a Big Sister" by Joanna Cole. It has given her a strong sense of ...
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- This is a really stressful time for everyone and I can't imagine having a premie to boot! We had the most success with positive reinforcement. What helped with ...
- Hi, I had simular problems with the birth of my 2nd child. I received some wonderful advise from none other than my dad. Basically he stated that I needed to put m...
- OK I don't have a lot of advice because I am going through a similar situation & literally just posted on my mom's group website a similar question. I just wanted you ...
Questions About Preparing Toddler for Sibling
The one we like the most is called I'm a Big Brother, by Joanna Cole. He understood it, and in the end was even quoting things from the book, like Jacob is ...
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- My little guy was a little older when his sister was born, but we tried to prepare him by having him go through a little class that the hospital gave for older sibling...
- My daughter was 2.5 when her brother was born and we had (we thought) prepared her as best we could. She was very verbal and seemed to understand......however, she ap...
- My first two children are 13 months apart. I couldn't really do much with a 13 month old....except make a big deal that she was a big sister. She really could care les...
Trying to Find Some Books....
Also there's a good one about being adopted called How I was adopted : Samantha's story by Joanna Cole. Good luck! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This ...
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- Families by Kuklin, Susan Presents brief interviews with children from fifteen diverse American families--including large, small, mixed-race, immigrant, gay and les...
- I remember reading a review in the past couple years of at least one book on this subject, a children's book. I probably saw it on Barnes and Nobel's website. If you...
- Hi, C.. The most-banned book last year was a children's book about a penguin family where two male penguins raised the baby penguin. I cannot recall the title of the b...
Needing New Advice on Preparing Toddler for a New Baby on the Way!
One book we liked is I'm a big brother (they also have I'm a big sister) by Joanna Cole. You can buy it bookstores or check out from the library. ...
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- My 2 children are exactly 21 months apart. Sounds like you are on the right track and you are aware of this. I would just keep involving you daughter in everything an...
- My son was that same age when we had our second..We tried to explain to him he was going to be having a new brother soon but he was just to young we showed him photos ...
- My girlfriend is a mother of 4 now. and she always spoke to her children about "our" baby. She explained that the baby belongs to the family and they all get to play, ...
Books, Ideas to Prepare Son with New Adopted Sibling
We had a great book by Joanna Cole and Maxie Chambliss to prepare our daughter for getting a new sibling. It was called "I'm a big sister" I think, ...
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- Contact your local hospital and see if they have a siblings' class. Even though you're not giving birth, the things that the 'big brothers and sisters' will learn and...
- Before our second baby was born we bought a book called My New Baby by Annie Kubler and started looking at it with our son. It's a cute and simple picture book showing...
- Go to your local librarian. He or she can find age-appropriate books for you that you can share with your son. Also parenting books that can give you ideas as well. ...
Expecting 2Nd Child - Any Good Tips/books to Ease Oldest's Anxiety?
It is called "I'm A Big Brother" by Joanna Cole. We read it just about every night. In fact, we still read it and he loves this book. ...
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- My son is 8 and we are expecting his brother in about 4 weeks. Del Webb Hospital, in Sun City West, offers a class (which we took) to prepare him for a sibling. They...
- Hi N.! The best thing that worked for my friend is to get them involved as much as possible. She had a 5 year old daughter and expecting another little girl. She ...
- One thing that I did with my 2 year old when baby no. 2 was on his way was to take out a lot of the baby's gear, like the little bathtub, the swing, bouncy seat... and...
New Baby
We had several, but I really liked the "I'm A Big Sister" book by Joanna Cole. It's nice for preparation and for after the baby is born to remind the bigger ...
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- The best advice I can give is let her have playtime to herself! By this I mean, can she play alone? Without Mommy? Can she look at a book or play alone with her toys...
- The first thing is if she wants in your lap while you are feeding the baby, let her. I started this in the hospital with my son when my daughter was born. I never told...
- Just a small thing that I did when my second was born...After I had the new one's picture taken I got out my first born's baby picture and put them up side by side in ...
New Sibling Due to Arrive - Ideas for Adjusting for 2-Year Old?
There are also a couple of great picture books about bringing a new baby home- We got "I'm a Big Sister" by Joanna Cole - our daughter loved the book and ...
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- Congrats J.! I have a 2 mo. old and a 23 mo. old so I know exactly how you are feeling! The gift is a great idea. We actually brought a couple of gifts to the hosp...
- congratulations! my children are a little less than three years apart. when i came home from the hospital i went into the house first with my husband following behind...
- Hi J., Congrats on the new baby! The sibling adjustment was my biggest concern when my second daughter was born, too. The girls are 2 years and 4 months apart. I...
18 Month Old Heart Broken About New Brother
I believe it's by Joanna Cole (sorry, he's napping now so I can't look it up easily). He really seemed to identify with it. We also showed him pictures and ...
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- Hi N., you are the second message this week on this subject, it is normal for children to be jealous when a new sibling comes into the picture, with a 18 month old it ...
- My son was exactly 20 months when I brought home first my daughter and then, one week later, her twin brother. He had a really hard time adjusting also. At that age,...
- It's partly her age, and her ability to understand things at this age in conjunction with her developing emotions and how children at this age "communicate." It's ...
How to Prepare My Son to Have a Little Brother or Sister
The second book was called I'm a Big Sister Now by Joanna Cole(they also make a brother one). It talked about the new baby and all the things it wouldn't be ...
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- We just worked our coming little one into everything. We talked about him/her when we listed family, when we counted boys and girls, when we prayed, when we went some...
- we told the kids: Mommy has a little baby in her tummy. It starts out really tiny..and grows and grows...My tummy protects the baby until it's big enough to live outs...
- When I was pregnant with my son (they are two years apart) I went to the bookstore and bought two books for my daughter. One was called Before You Were Born by Jennif...
