We asked our Mother & Baby mums to share their top tips on preparing your little one for your new arrival – one to read if you’re extending your brood.
Getting your toddler ready to welcome your new arrival is often a worry; how do you help your little one understand they’ll be sharing mummy’s time and attention from now on? To find out more, we asked our1) Get them involved
"Talk to them a lot about the baby, show them the scan photos and share the excitement. Also talk about things you can do when the baby arrives – like making footprints with paint and singing songs to the baby, so they know they’ll still be involved when the baby arrives.""Take your little one to midwife appointments with you so they can listen to the baby and read books about birth and babies.""Find books to read at bedtime that help explain what’s happening.
"Involve your tot as much as you can; take them shopping and ask them to pick clothes and toys for their new brother or sister, or ask them to help decorate the nursery."‘We spoke to him about it and at the time he had an obsession with dinosaurs, so we explained that it was like I was growing a dinosaur egg in my tummy.
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