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Building Relationships Between Siblings

bellachell by bellachell Talking Back(January 2007) (rank 94th)

I have heard it mentioned a lot that children often can become jealous of new babies. They can revert back to baby behaviours and the like. Even though I am sure this is a common occurance I have not experienced it. I am not sure if this is because my

son was older( he was 6 when Bella was born) but these are some precautionary steps we took to ensure he got along with the new baby.

We let him help decorate babies nursery, and pick out some baby accessories.

We took him to my antenatel ultrasounds so he could see bub growing.

We always let him feel involved in the decision making when it come to bub (even if we weren't planning to use his input)

After she was born we let him help with her everyday jobs, ie: changing, bathing.

And most of all we let him play, cuddle talk and just interact with her whenever he wanted to without putting pressure on him or trying to make him.

I think all these things contributed to the beautiful and loving relationship they have today.

Thanks for reading and I hope this helps someone.

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meggles
January 2007 | meggles
Spot on
We did the same Juanita was 10 when I got pregnant. We talked about it, she helped me with the nursery, she came to paedrician appt and asked questions (dr was great I might add). She was a huge part of it. In fact she was cuddling our boy within a short time of his birth. When I became very ill she was fantasic. We have had some problems later on when he was 5 and she was 16 but that was more because of teenage years stuff and a nagging hyper talkative 5 year old against a irritable crabby frustrated teenager is always difficult. Fortunately now they are best buds again.


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Britt
5.00 (Excellent) | January 2007 | Britt
Brilliant
greaty advice i will have to keep this in mind for when we decide to have our next rug rat. thanks


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breannababy
5.00 (Excellent) | January 2007 | breannababy
Handy tips
I think you have written some very good tips for parents bringing home a new Bub to a sibling.Well done regards Merle


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