Comments on: Including the Big Sister with Baby #2 http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/05/20/including-the-big-sister-with-baby-2/ Graco corporate blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Santo Katona http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/05/20/including-the-big-sister-with-baby-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6971 Santo Katona Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:00:08 +0000 http://blog.gracobaby.com/?p=269#comment-6971 Hey... I'm having a bit of problem with the with the layout of the page. For some reason the text block is getting mixed with the edge. I don't know if it's just me or have other people mentioned this?  Just wanted to let you know in case you've beenupdating the si Hey… I’m having a bit of problem with the with the layout of the page. For some reason the text block is getting mixed with the edge. I don’t know if it’s just me or have other people mentioned this?  Just wanted to let you know in case you’ve beenupdating the si

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]]> By: rachel http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/05/20/including-the-big-sister-with-baby-2/comment-page-1/#comment-838 rachel Thu, 22 May 2008 13:40:26 +0000 http://blog.gracobaby.com/?p=269#comment-838 I love the party idea. We let our Princess make shirts and even color welcoming cards for her little brother. The Dora becomes a big sister DVD was one of her favorites to watch because one of 'her friends' was experiencing something similar. My husband and I made very sure to express constantly not how lucky she was to be getting a new sibling, but how lucky the baby was to have her for a big sister. We took her to appointments with us and let her see and experience as much as she could, as a two year old. She got to purchase a welcome baby gift, and she got a special big sister gift. Good luck to all the new second time mommies, and congratulations! I love the party idea.
We let our Princess make shirts and even color welcoming cards for her little brother. The Dora becomes a big sister DVD was one of her favorites to watch because one of ‘her friends’ was experiencing something similar.
My husband and I made very sure to express constantly not how lucky she was to be getting a new sibling, but how lucky the baby was to have her for a big sister. We took her to appointments with us and let her see and experience as much as she could, as a two year old. She got to purchase a welcome baby gift, and she got a special big sister gift.
Good luck to all the new second time mommies, and congratulations!

]]> By: Stephanie http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/05/20/including-the-big-sister-with-baby-2/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Stephanie Thu, 22 May 2008 03:35:27 +0000 http://blog.gracobaby.com/?p=269#comment-830 So many questions. We're not quite there yet (still enjoying #1, not pregnant with #2 yet), but your post definitely made me think about how our daughter will feel when that time comes. Fortunately, she's already in a twin size bed and we've started the potty training process so hopefully there will be a clear delineation between her "big sister" role and the new baby's role in the family... So many questions. We’re not quite there yet (still enjoying #1, not pregnant with #2 yet), but your post definitely made me think about how our daughter will feel when that time comes. Fortunately, she’s already in a twin size bed and we’ve started the potty training process so hopefully there will be a clear delineation between her “big sister” role and the new baby’s role in the family…

]]> By: Amy http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/05/20/including-the-big-sister-with-baby-2/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Amy Wed, 21 May 2008 02:59:32 +0000 http://blog.gracobaby.com/?p=269#comment-823 Hi Kim! As one of the recent 2nd time Moms I thought I'd share what we did with Boog -- especially since it worked for him (he LOVES "the baby"). It was fairly simple, but the biggest thing was just talking a lot about the baby for the two months leading up to Hercules' big arrival. This made the official introduction in the hospital more of a formality. And not a huge, earth-shattering, your-life-will-never-be-the-same type moment. Boog already knew so much about the new baby. He was just finally meeting her. In addition, we moved the furniture out of his room in plenty of time before the new baby came. He knew it was for the baby, but he also knew he had big boy bed that he could show off to others. We also made sure to have some extra gifts for Boog at home so that when people brought items for Hercules, he got something too. OK. One more thing. . . we made sure to compliment Boog whenever he did something sweet for Hercules and didn't freak out when he did something that maybe we'd prefer he didn't do. Oh. And I never told him I couldn't do something because of the baby (mostly at first) so that he didn't get jealous. Anyway, most of these were thoughts from other second time Moms that were really helpful to me. Hopefully they give you some thoughts too! Hi Kim! As one of the recent 2nd time Moms I thought I’d share what we did with Boog — especially since it worked for him (he LOVES “the baby”). It was fairly simple, but the biggest thing was just talking a lot about the baby for the two months leading up to Hercules’ big arrival.

This made the official introduction in the hospital more of a formality. And not a huge, earth-shattering, your-life-will-never-be-the-same type moment. Boog already knew so much about the new baby. He was just finally meeting her.

In addition, we moved the furniture out of his room in plenty of time before the new baby came. He knew it was for the baby, but he also knew he had big boy bed that he could show off to others.

We also made sure to have some extra gifts for Boog at home so that when people brought items for Hercules, he got something too.

OK. One more thing. . . we made sure to compliment Boog whenever he did something sweet for Hercules and didn’t freak out when he did something that maybe we’d prefer he didn’t do. Oh. And I never told him I couldn’t do something because of the baby (mostly at first) so that he didn’t get jealous.

Anyway, most of these were thoughts from other second time Moms that were really helpful to me. Hopefully they give you some thoughts too!

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