Introducing first born to their sibling...

[Pumpkin9]

Hi all, so just looking for some people's experiences and opinions on this topic really. I'm due in February about a week after my sons 2nd birthday, this time it's a girl. I want to get organised about how we are going to introduce him to his little sister.

I am already thinking about getting him something as a gift that his sister can give to him, and making sure that apart from my husband he is the first person to meet her.

I basically just wanted to steal some ideas from other people so I can discuss this with my oh and we have a good plan of attack. I've started to come to the realisation this week that my son is now starting to get very attached to me and is showing signs of jealousy when I stroke and make a fuss of our dog, so I am weary that this is very important to try and get right!!!

Thanks in advance

 

[Baby2sky]

We gave our daughter a gift from new baby, and also let her choose a gift to give to her new brother. We also made sure nobody else but the 3 of us were there the first time she met him. Oh! And made sure new baby was in the crib and not in our arms so we were free to cuddle and hold our eldest.

 

[Goat]

I bought a series of board books which I really think helped my daughter to accept her little sister:
http://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Rache...Qbo50451S1P0je_0EdaP21MP45dTPLojlIaAq-H8P8HAQ

I got 4/of them on Amazon for £12. She was 21 months when the baby arrived and I probably started reading them to her a couple of months before hand. I also showed her the moses basket and explained thats where she was going to sleep etc. It took about a week of adjustment after her sister was born but since she's been a fab big sister which is obviously partly down to luck! But I recommend the books and talking about the baby and what the moses basket/pram is for.x

 

[Pumpkin9]

Ah lovely, him picking a gift sounds good too.

we have the nursery set up so I have been saying that his baby sister will sleep in there. But I might put the crib up in our room a few weeks in advance so he can get used to that too.

I've been talking to him about the baby in mummies tummy, but I'm not sure how much he understands. Will
Definitely look into those books.

 

[mrs_b_x]

Excellent thread! I'm hoping this goes smoothly for us in Feb too, I'm thinking our best bet is if the gift is food related, probably chocolate!

Pumpkin I duno if it's worth u trying this too.... A few weeks ago I got a handful of baby toys out when my friend came round with a little one, R was very excited to see them, as they always are with new toys! So I told him they were baby toys n to give to my friends baby, since then they've stayed downstairs n whenever he finds one in his toy box he always holds it up and shows me, telling me it's a baby toy! Hoping this will help him to encourage him to share them! He does bring them over n put them on my belly too sonetimes! Bless him

 

[katherine6476]

I took a present into hospital with me for Amelia. She came to the hospital to visit and we told her it was from the baby. She was only 18 months when Charlotte was born. When we came home and had visitors we got Amelia to show them the new baby.