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When did you start talking about the "new baby"?

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My DD is 17 months old and I'm due in July.  We really haven't told DD that she is going to have a baby sister yet, but I'm just not sure that she would comprehend at this point and 4 months seems like a very long ways away!

Any advice on when to start talking about the new baby and how to tell her about it?

Also, did anyone buy any good "Big Sibling/New baby" books for their child?

 

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Re: When did you start talking about the "new baby"?

  • TelycoTelyco
    Haha - this just reminds me about telling DS...he was 6 months so obviously not gonna get it.
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member

    LOL, you're going to think I'm crazy, but I bought a big brother book for my DS when I was about 6 months pregnant (and DS was about 9 months old). We have been reading it everyday since. To this day, it is still his favorite book. I read it to him while we're snuggling in bed with his little sister. When it gets to the part about being nice and gentle with his sister because she's a baby, he pets DD like a dog. Cuteness. lol.  :)

    I would definitely get her a book-she might understand more than you think.

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  • KOscarKOscar
    Sounds like our kids will be same age.  DS is 17 months and I'm due July 25th.  The ladies at his daycare tell me how I should start talking to him about the baby but it just seems so foreign to me.  He's just now starting to have words so I'm curious as to how much he'll get.  We did order a board book from Amazon, forget the exact title, but it's something like "I'm a big brother."  It was one penny and $3.99 shipping so I thought why not.  I plan to read it to him using his little brothers name and do lots of pointing to my belly.  We'll see how much he gets come July.
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  • cindydeecindydee member
    Evan is almost 16 months old. we always point at my belly and say "baby".

     

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  • knittychickknittychick

    Micah is almost 11 months old and we're only 2 months in to this new pregnancy, but we already say things to him like "Your going to be a big brother" and "wont it be fun to have a new baby?" I think it's more in the hope that if we stay positive about it, then he'll be positive about it. No books or anything yet, but that is mostly because we haven't told family yet (we're waiting for the 8 week safety mark).

     I think it's up to you and your DH really. But even if they don't understand the words, they understand the intonation. That's just my thoughts on it all. 

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  • ridesbuttonsridesbuttons member

    We really didn't talk very much about the 'new baby' with big brother.  It might have been mentioned here and there, but pretty much he had no clue, as far as I remember.

     

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  • mayowifemayowife member

    DS is now 14.5 months old. He'll be 15.5 months old when DD arrives.

    We told DS as soon as we found out. I'm certain he had no idea what we were saying. After a while he started patting my belly and saying "awww." Soon after that he became obsessed with kissing my belly. Whenever he touches my belly I say "baby sister" and he gets excited. We assembled the second crib and we point to it and tell him it's "baby sister's crib". We also assembled a swing and whenever he touches it we tell him "gentle, it's baby sister's."

    Today for the first time we tried to get him to say the new baby's name. We're naming her Anneliese, but we figured if he can say "Nana" then he can learn to say "Anna." He gently played with the side of the swing while we went back and forth telling him "Anna" and he answered "Nana." We'll keep working on it.

    Today I purchased "I'm a Big Brother" by Joanna Cole. We haven't read it yet, though.

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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    imagemayowife:

    DS is now 14.5 months old. He'll be 15.5 months old when DD arrives.

    We told DS as soon as we found out. I'm certain he had no idea what we were saying. After a while he started patting my belly and saying "awww." Soon after that he became obsessed with kissing my belly. Whenever he touches my belly I say "baby sister" and he gets excited. We assembled the second crib and we point to it and tell him it's "baby sister's crib". We also assembled a swing and whenever he touches it we tell him "gentle, it's baby sister's."

    Today for the first time we tried to get him to say the new baby's name. We're naming her Anneliese, but we figured if he can say "Nana" then he can learn to say "Anna." He gently played with the side of the swing while we went back and forth telling him "Anna" and he answered "Nana." We'll keep working on it.

    Today I purchased "I'm a Big Brother" by Joanna Cole. We haven't read it yet, though.

    This is the book we got DS. He is still in love with it and its his favorite.

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