my mom mentioned that i should do this. i've heard of it but hadn't thought about it much yet... what would you have the new baby give to a 2 year old big sister? any cute ideas?
We, well 'the baby', gave this to my DD. It is the Little People A to Z zoo. She absolutely loves it, and it gave her something new to play with in the beginning when everyone was fussing over the baby.
This is the FP website, but we bought it at BuyBuyBaby for much less, with the 20% coupon
Absolutely! When DD#1 came to the hospital to meet DD#2, baby sister had brought for her a new baby doll, a book about being a big sister and some stickers. My oldest thought it was super cool that baby had brought her something (she was 2.5 at the time). I also had made DD#1 a big sister shirt w/puffy paints that turned out SO cute- all of the nurses made a big fuss over her & the shirt whenever she came to see me. She wore that thing for 2 days straight LOL!
We gave DD a gift when she came to the hospital after DS was born. It was from us, not him. I am not a big fan of gifts from kids until they are old enough to understand choosing a gift, etc. Anyway, we got her a book and some stuff for her dolls. We just wanted to make sure that she knew we were thinking about her too.
My DD was 21months old when DS was born. We had books and M-N-Ms. I actually forgot about the M-N-Ms but my DD just talked about it the other day. She remembers exactly what books and also that there was candy. My DS is 2 years old. I'd say it made an impact. I knew I was having a c-section, so we kept the stuff there as something to do and to help transtion when leaving us for the night.
Re: new baby bringing gift to big sibling?
I probably won't do it...
and I have no ideas on what they'd give.
We, well 'the baby', gave this to my DD. It is the Little People A to Z zoo. She absolutely loves it, and it gave her something new to play with in the beginning when everyone was fussing over the baby.
This is the FP website, but we bought it at BuyBuyBaby for much less, with the 20% coupon
https://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2058&e=product&pid=33051