Preparation: Toddler, The First Years

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Going into Labor

I am having my first baby. I went to the doctors office about 3 days ago and thats when my doctor cheaked me and said i was three centimeters and said I was softening. My doctor told me she expected my baby to be here within a week! I am now eighteen and im almost 38 weeks. Im going crazy waiting for my baby to get here! Every day i expect here to come but i just dont understand why I havnt had contractions or went into labor. Idont really understand what dialating is and why i havnt anymore that i know of besides the three centimeters the...

Preparing Siblings

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Questions About Preparing Toddler for Sibling

I am 30 weeks PG with my second child and have a 1.5 year old son. He will be 20 mo. when the baby is born, and I have been trying to "prepare" him for the arrival of his new sibling, but he is not extremely verbal quite yet, so I am not sure how much he understands. He likes to pat my tummy and I tell him that his little sister is in there and will come out soon and see him, try to talk about babies, point out babies and tell him we are going to get a baby. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good books on the subject that I could look...