How to prepare 4yo for mums labour

[kaytee87]

My SIL is due their second any day now and I will be looking after my nephew when she goes into labour / overnight until DB is back at home and settled to have him back.

I think he could be quite upset having to come and stay last minute (possibly in the middle of the night). He has stayed with me before and I used to look after him quite regularly when he was a bit younger but he's very close to his Mum and is a bit of a worrier.
I've mentioned to him a couple of times that he'll be having a sleepover with me soon and we'll sleep in the big bed together in the spare room and we can watch his favourite film in bed etc. Trying to make it a treat.
Just looking for a bit of advise about how to alleviate any fears he may have and how to answer the inevitable questions he'll probably have.

I would get him to bring pillow and soft toy etc from home. Something familiar.
Not sure what questions you will need to answer. Best to ask SIL what they have said.

I would dial down any excitement/anything even remotely unusual to 0. The circumstances and changes at home would be enough so I would be looking at a very calm and quiet atmosphere, simple food and as much normality as possible.
Some people wrap or choose presents that the older sibling can give or I've also seen older siblings get presents too - but can't say I did that with any of mine .

We're preparing our DD in a similar way. We and the grandparents are selling it as "babies being born is very boring so you're going to stay at DGPs where it's more interesting for you"