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Expecting another baby

bertiethebee by bertiethebee Speaking(September 2007) (rank 275th)

To help the siblings adjust to one another here are a few ideas I found very useful:

1.  Take a gift to the hospital with you from "the new baby".  When your child comes to visit for the first time give them the gift that their new

brother or sister has carefully selected for them.

2.  Take your child shopping before bubs arrives to select a gift for their new brother or sister which can be taken in and given upon the first meeting

3.  Have 2 boxes of toys (just small boxes) that you can alternate.  Keep them handy so when you are breastfeeding bubs your other child can be kept occupied (hopefully) with the toys.

4.  Give your child a doll so that can play mummy or daddy while you are looking after bubs.  ie give baby (doll) a bottle, change nappies etc.

Hope these tips are helpful!

And of course Congratulations and Good Luck

 

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hermy
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | hermy
Re: Expecting another baby
great tips ......thanks for sharing.......regards Sandra xxx


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nell18-3
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | nell18-3
Re: Expecting another baby

Great suggestions
I also used to call the baby feeding time, toddler Story Time
That way every time I was going to feed the baby, my toddler felt it was their quality time with me not the baby's
xxx


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bertiethebee
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | bertiethebee
Re: Expecting another baby
Oops! I'm only new and didn't have the search thing worked out very well.  Thanks for the link!!


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      toosh
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | toosh
Re: Expecting another baby

That's fine - don't apologise! It's nice to see newbies getting staight in and sharing their knowledge, well done!



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toosh
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | toosh
Re: Expecting another baby

Hi, good advice. I wrote one very similar a while ago - I hope you don't mind but I have linked mine to yours just to help all the mum's out.

Teshia



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Libby24
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | Libby24
Re: Expecting another baby
I also included my son with her feeding and changing and bathing. they are very close to.


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ellamia
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | ellamia
Re: Expecting another baby
Sounds great a bit hard for my little 18 month old around almost 3 months ago she didnt understand what was going on. She was happy to see me and happy to go home after seeing me in hospital but didnt quite get what was happening. Now she loves her little sis saying bub bub ahhh on the head.

Love Kelly


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merlin0903
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | merlin0903
Re: Expecting another baby

 

thanks for sharing your great ideas with us and I'm sure that they will help someone in this situation

hugs and kisses



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