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Books for soon-to-be big sister
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What are some books that you have loved to prep your oldest for the newest addition to the family? Adelaide isn't 2 yet, but I need some book ideas.
TIA,
Laura
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Re: Books for soon-to-be big sister
yea me too
My VERY favorite book, and the only one that I think may have gotten through to Emma on some level, was "My New Baby" by Rachel Fuller. https://www.amazon.com/My-New-Baby-Rachel-Fuller/dp/1846432766
It depicts the mom nursing (the only time I've seen it in a book) and talks about what the baby will do (nurse a lot, cry, have diaper changes, etc.) There aren't many words, but we mostly looked at the pictures and discussed what baby Abby would be like. It really helped. We had a few others, but none stood out to me. One was all about her not being the baby anymore and I HATED it! It was really depressing! There are a few others by the same author. They were all good!
THere is a simple book called I'm a Big Sister (also has the I'm a Big Brother version). It's by Joanna Cole.
It talks about a new baby being here, what the big sibling can do that the baby can't, what it means when a baby cries, etc. It's pretty simple. We used to read it to our son a lot before his sister arrived. They are 2 yrs and 15 days apart and he understand the book pretty good.
If you plan to nurse, there is also a book that we borrowed that was good for explaining that but I don't remember the name of it. It was a little more complex and explained nursing well. It m ay have been this https://www.amazon.com/We-Have-Baby-Cathryn-Falwell/dp/0395739705/ref=cm_lmf_tit_3
We got this one too and it was good. H's favorite book though was a Little Critter book about getting a new baby sister. She loved it, still does, and goes around quoting it all the time. There was also a Dora book about babies that she really liked too. She seemed to relate and understand better when it was something she was already familiar with like Dora or Little Critter.