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| Talk about the baby |
| posted by Amber on 11/26/2007 07:21 PM |
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| We talked to our son the moment we found out we were having another one, although he didn't really realize it until we brought him home from the hospital. He then asked, "can we take the baby back now"? He stopped saying it, now, that is brother is almost one. |
| posted by Roxanne on 12/02/2007 01:35 PM |
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| We did all of those! We talked about the baby, read books, he talked to her all the time and gave kisses and then when she was born she gave him a gift. It helped a lot! We have yet to have any problems and he loves her! |
| posted by Sheila * R on 12/10/2007 10:08 AM |
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My son is so stoked I am preggers. He talks to my belly, kisses it, & blows raspberries. He thinks he is preggers too which is hilarious cause when the dr checks me he insists he hears "his baby heartbeat". He also asks for a baby girl. We talk about the baby and am starting things now that may not seem like too much of change when the other baby arrives.
I do like the gift idea. |
| posted by Renata on 12/13/2007 08:47 PM |
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| We did all of the things on the poll. My son was very excited about his baby sister. From the minute that I told him we were going to have another baby (he was 34 months) he told me that he was going to have a sister and that they would be friends. I was sure glad that we had a girl! |
| posted by on 01/15/2008 11:02 AM |
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| i talked to my belly and i would point to my belly and say baby. do you know theres a baby in there? and daddy would put his head on my tummy and then my son would and we read a few books. that didnt really work to well cause he was still kinda young and i dont think he cought onto that. when my daughter was born he was 2 years and 2 weeks old. they down side to what we did was now he will run around and pull up his shirt and say baby baby thinking his belly is called a baby. and when we try to correct him he says no baby. so unless he thinks hes pregnant he now thinks his belly is baby. |
| posted by Angela on 02/06/2008 04:29 PM |
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| When that times comes for a second one i will have her talk to my tummy. |
| posted by on 03/21/2008 09:03 PM |
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My sons only sibling is his twin, they knew eachother before they were born.
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| posted by Gina on 04/06/2008 03:15 PM |
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| Well I only have one baby but we basicly had to do this for our dog. We got our dog as a puppy and he was like our first born for so long so when we finally got pregnant we talked to him about it the whole pregnancy and when he arrived we had bought a stuffed animal with a squeaker in it(his favorite kind) and had it come from the baby. Toby now loves his baby brother Brandon. |
| posted by Amers on 04/07/2008 05:11 PM |
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| We don't yet have a younger sibling for our 18 month old daughter Sigrid. I'm concerned about how we will inform her about her older sibling, our daughter named Ever who was stillborn. Ever is a beloved member of our family and we don't want her to be a non-topic. But of course it will be a challenge to explain her life and death and absence to Sigrid. |
| posted by kristina on 05/26/2008 04:51 PM |
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| My daughter was just about to turn 1 when I had my son, so she was too young to understand. She would be able to point at my belly when I asked her where the baby was. |
| posted by Jessica on 06/25/2008 03:14 PM |
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| My 5y loves babies so it was pretty easy for him to get excited. |
| posted by Jenny on 06/28/2008 12:11 PM |
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My daughter will sometimes kiss my belly if Daddy says "kiss baby sister".
Also if we ask her where baby sister is, she will touch my tummy.
She's only18 months though, so I'm not sure how deeply she understands the concept. |
| posted by Bethany on 10/25/2008 07:05 PM |
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| I would do more than one of those options though. I would let her talk to my tummy, we would read books about having a new baby in our house and how we can be a good big sister.We would also just talk about it on a day to day basis. |
| posted by Danielle on 11/26/2008 01:34 PM |
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| I gave my daughter a baby of her own to play with and we played with it just as if there was another baby in the house so that she would get used to the idea. It worked. The only part she didn't like was mommy going to the hospital because she knew mommy was in pain and she didn't like that at all, nor did she understand that. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 12/29/2008 03:39 PM |
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| My son was only nine months old when we found out we were pregnant again and from the moment we found out we made him apart of his new baby sisters life. He help us pick out cloths bedding and even a few toys and now his baby sister is 8 months old and he loves her very much and always calls her his little cutie pie (which he came up with on his own) |
| posted by Jessie on 12/30/2008 01:47 PM |
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| There wasn't much that we could so since she was only one and not talking and she was barely walking, so we kept them away from each other, now we tell her to be nice to her little brother and that she has to be gentle with him, it also helped that we have a cat and a dog we tell her the same things about them and it seems to be working. |
| posted by Heather on 01/04/2009 02:00 PM |
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| Aren't women the cutest when they are pregnant? |
| posted by Krista on 02/15/2009 10:35 PM |
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with our second born we didn't have to do much since my daughter was only 16m old when her sister was born. This time around, our oldest is 2.5 and definitely understands. She talks to the baby and we talk about the baby. My second born is clueless (she'll be 18m when the baby arrives).
My oldest said to my belly "open your eyes baby, so I can see you'. she thinks if YOUR eyes are closed then she can't see you :-) |
| posted by Rachel on 11/07/2009 09:38 PM |
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