Books for explaining a new sibling?

gfgrump · July 2024

So I'm curious if any of you have found good books for introducing the concept of being a big brother/sister. I'm 8 weeks and we haven't told our son who is, as he puts it, 5 and 3/4. He will be almost 6.5 when baby comes (assuming it all works out, I don't take anything for granted). We don't have a plan at all for telling him, but I'm thinking we'll do it in August maybe? I'm a little concerned as he's also starting K in August and going to a new school after 3 years at his teeny play-based school, so it's going to be a lot of changes for him. Also, he's literally never once asked for a sibling, so I'm pretty sure this is not going to be welcome news to him, but I guess we'll see. We're about to go to the East Coast to see my in laws and I think we're telling them there, so hopefully he doesn't just find out by accident. I also don't think we want to tell him there, as I feel like it's already a lot when we're traveling with the time change, the heat and just not being at home. He gets really clingy when we travel too, so I don't think that's a good time. Anyway, all advice welcome. This is middle of the night ramblings, so hopefully I'm making sense.

Knottie1472847102 · July 2024

Not sure if there's a big brother equivalent but to prep for baby #2, we really enjoyed Big Sister: Ruby and the new Baby.
Joanna Cole is a good author and has a big brother book.
The only other one I can think of is Barenstain Bears' New Baby. I'm sure there are better books but it was at least a fun read. My girls still like reading it now.

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