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Book recommendations on adding a second child?

Ardmhs83Ardmhs83 member
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Hello, I have a 2 year old DS, but he will be 3 in August and I am not pregnant.  Therefore, I will not have Two under 2 however we are going to TTC around next April.  We only want two children total. 

Since I know this board is all mothers of 2 children, I figured this would be a good board to ask for good book recommendations on adding a second child to the family???

Any thoughts?  I'm a bit scared of all the stresses and I also had BAD PPD with DS, so that doesn't help me.  That is the ONLY reason we are having this rather big age gap. 

TIA!

*I posted a help question on the 24+ board and somebody told me to look into books...so that leads me to this board.  I don't want to buy a crappy book :)

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Re: Book recommendations on adding a second child?

  • sweetpea2003sweetpea2003 member

    The only book I have read that references the sibling dynamic as it's topic is "Siblings Without Rivalry".  It is for the relationship between siblings when they are older though, not about introducing a newborn into a family with a young child.

     

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  • virginiagirl11virginiagirl11 member

    I found "I'm A Big Brother" by Joanna Cole on Amazon.com and have really liked it for my two year-old. I looked into a lot of different books but this was pretty much the only one that had the message I was looking for. It talks about what babies are like but delivers it in a positive way. It also addresses the positives of being older than a baby (as a big brother, you can run and jump and play, etc.). It values both the baby and the big brother. Some of the other books I encountered had a more negative tone or were overly informational.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061900656/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 

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