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Building Relationships Between Siblings |
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by bellachell (January 2007) (rank 94th) |
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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. 