Book Recommendations for #2'S Arrival!

I don't have a mom book, but my daughter likes "the night you were born" by wendy mccormack. Its about a little boy staying up with his aunt, waiting to hear news about his baby sisters birth. The aunt tells him the story of his birth too.
Nothing in there about living with a new baby though.

Just had my second 2 weeks ago. Someone gave us 5 different books to help prepare my oldest. Needless to say, she wanted nothing to do with any of the books!

Don't sweat it. My daughter acted up a little bit, but since people were bringing her presents almost every day for the past two weeks, she is in heaven, and she adores her little brother.

i'm a big brother. i am not sure the author. it helps give a sense of pride because he will be the "only" big brother.

my advice for a child that age, is to ask for his help. they are becoming highly independent and want so much to do things on there own. you can encourage that, and help him feel secure in that he to will have a role to play. feeling secure and not threatened is the key. i think 26 months is a great age to introduce a new baby. just be very verbal and pretend to truly need his help.

though interesting enough right now i am encountering a phase where the oldest is trying to send his sister to time out.....

have fun and good luck!

Two books, The New Baby by Mercer Mayer, and On Mother's Lap, I forget the author, but a lovely book. Certainly lots of attention and appreciation of his help is important, but you also want to help him see the advantages of being big. He may want to pretend to be a baby, and you can baby him lots when that is what he is wanting, but then also look for opportunities to point out all the really cool things he can do that a baby can't......babies basically eat and poop and cry, 2 year olds can do so much! Even if you are feeding or changing the baby, you can be talking to his big brother, singing to him, etc.

Sorry I don't have any book recommendations for you, just experience. I am now a great grandmother of 1, grandmother of 10, but I remember when my firstborn turn 5, six days later my 5th was born. All single births!! The closest ones are 'bout 18 mos. apart. So, let your 2yr. old help where he can. Do not change his bedtime routine. I started rocking the toddler to sleep so when the 'new' baby arrived he still had his special time. So, maybe its time for a new routine, read to your little boy now DON'T STOP when the new little arrives (or find another routine that suits your lives). Make sure he feels secure in his relationship with you. Dad can help lots here. Hold both together -- you can, I did so often, sometimes 3 at a time. Hard? yep, but possible. May God bless you and those babies. Pray Pray Pray and be thankful. God does fail us. L.

Search Amazon for Big Brother books,ect. and see which books get good reviews and see which books fit your situation best.

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A few things we did when we had our second daughter (our children are 28 months apart)

Put our daughter in a big girl bed months before setting up for the new baby- so she didn't see a connection between getting "kicked out of her crib" and the baby coming :)

Got her a "big sister" t-shirt..which she was excited to wear.

When our second daughter arrived- my husband and I still made sure to spend one-on-one time with our oldest- even when we were exhausted and sleep deprived. Reading to her, playing games, etc.

We made her a "helper" ...she loved grabbing a toy for baby, or helping with bottle feedings.

Also got her a few presents- since there was a lot of new things for baby...this way she got some lovies too :)

There will be some jealousy...and there is really no way around that. He's had your complete attention for the last two years..and now it's going to change...but that's okay- he WILL adjust :)

As for books for your son- one of my favorites is "The New Baby"...talks about Mrs. Bunn (bun in the oven..lol) who is having a baby...some of the preparations getting ready, as well as what happens when they get home ( and I SWEAR it must have been written by a woman- because it says something like .."When Mrs. Bunn and the baby get home, they will need lots of rest, and help from Mr. Bunn and the kids...") You can find ____@____.com (I happen to be a consultant for the company now...I loved all the publisher's books so much!!)

BEST WISHES to you on the final stretch of your labor! Hope you are feeling well- and wish you a smooth, safe labor!!

D.

One children's book we really liked was Lizzy Rockwell's Hello Baby! We also had the Joanna Cole book and a Mercer Mayor book called the New Baby. Those were pretty good too.
We talked to our then 27 month old a lot about what the baby does and why, and what he was like when he was a baby. He was also really big on being a good helper.
We tried the gift from the baby idea, but my son said baby's don't buy presents, mommy's buy presents, and then looked at me and said you buy presents. He knew I was the baby's mommy and baby's couldn't pick presents themselves- it blew my mind! That said, we did have a brand new magnadoodle for him to play with at the hospital so he was busy, and he had all our visitors drawing with him. Congrats and good luck!

My son was just turning 2 when my daughter was born. He received this book as a gift from grandma to help prepare him: "I'm a Big Brother" by Ronne Randall and Kristina Stephenson. He really loved it and still likes to read it for bedtime almost 2 years later. We didn't use any books to help us to prepare him, we just kept him involved and tried to keep the same routines we had before (I usually put him to bed, so I tried to continue doing that as many nights as I could before and after she was born).

I am also looking for books to tranistion our firstborn- however he is 3 1/2 so we are probably looking for different things. We do have ZaZa's Baby Brother that would probably be in the range you are looking for :) Good luck

I highly recommend you purchase a copy of "I'm a Big Brother" by Joanna Cole as a special gift for you son. It is a lovely, positive-focus book for the toddler/preschool ages. It was the only book I could find that excluded mention of "negative" feelings. (Although a firstborn may experience jealousy, etc., I didn't want to introduce this concept before the baby came. Why assume the worst?)

I didn't find any books appropriate for the Mom...but be sure to ask your friends about their experience. You'll get tons of great advice!

Bringing home baby. the story is about the bun family. it is very good!