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Please recommend a good, "I'm going to be a big brother" book

nicoleversion2nicoleversion2
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or something like that. I want to start talking more about the new baby somewhat soon to Jake to help him understand a little bit.  I'd love a good book rec- something that we can read to him...there's just so many out there. Thanks!
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Re: Please recommend a good, "I'm going to be a big brother" book

  • JustaKidAtHeartJustaKidAtHeart
    I never bought one but I did take the boys to the book store, sit in the area and read them a few different ones a few times.  They were all kinda the same.  The best thing we did was take the boys to a big brother class at the hospital.  They watched a movie and the nurse talked to the class.  Then they got to see where mommy would be staying and see a brand new baby in the nursery.
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  • choco_labchoco_lab
    We've been reading DS the Joanna Cole "I'm a Big Brother" and he really seems to like it!  It's just long enough and got just enough details to keep his attention.
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  • readyin07readyin07
    We have the Joanna Cole book as well. DS LOVES it. We were on errands Saturday and I was sitting in the back with him and he made me read it 5 times :) It was good b/c it focuses on some of the less desirable things about babies (ie, they can't really DO anything lol). We'd been talking about how fun it was going to be to have a little brother, I think our DS thought that his baby brother was going to pop out as a toddler.
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  • SeaSoulSeaSoul member
    I'm interested too...I looked at the Joanna Cole book recently but since I plan to BF and it shows the baby being fed by bottle, I thought it wasn't suitable for us.  Anyone know of one that shows BFing?
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  • NYBrideInWINYBrideInWI

    I haven't bought this one, but looked at it in a store and think its one I'll buy for DS. "Too Small for Honey Cake". The gist of it is that while the baby seems to get "everything" (mom/dad's attention) there are some special things that only the older child gets to have - like yummy honey cake. I also liked that its mainly shows dad - giving the message that its not just mommy that will be busy with the new baby, but so will daddy. 

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    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0152060979/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

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