My DD keeps asking who will look after her now. It is breaking my heart.

[PavlovtheForgetfulCat]

Baby due any day.

She has over the last couple of weeks asked who will look after her now. She does not specifically talk about when the baby is here. She goes to the toilet, which she has done on her own for a long time, and now she asks for one of us to come in and hold her hand if she is having a poo, she calls out 'i need someone to look after me', and she does this with other things she usually is fine with. She wants me or DH (normally me) to feed her where she usually feeds herself. She wants me there with her more and more, and says 'please don't leave me on my own, i need you to look after me, who will look after me if you go mama?' and she has a frown.

And tonight, she woke up in distress, hot and sweeaty (she has a bug) and she said 'who, who, who is going to cover me up? and she was very very upset. She settled after I snuggled her in her duvet, and stroked her hair, and told her i was there for her, loved her and always would, but she fell asleep with a frown and a slight whimper.

Is this because of the baby? Is it normal? Is there anything I can do to reassure her? Will it pass?

hi
My older daughter had the same sorts of worries. I told her she was my BIG baby and her littler brother was my little baby. Now w ehave a big baby a medium baby and a little baby!

She comes up sometimes and says - "am I still your big baby?" I tell her she is and we hug and thats it

it's a HUGE adjustment for them...I had similar wobbles about dd1...it will just take a little time, but it's worth it in the end

We thought it was it last night, and asked her if she wanted to go for a sleepover with our friend (who is looking after her when I am in hosp) and she said 'no mama, i want to just stay here with you' . So, in the end we arranged that our friend came here instead. As it happens, twas a false alarm anyway.

But I think there is something in the hospital thing, as she is very excited about baby arriving. She has been feeding him cake this evening, and kissing my belly saying 'hurry up baby!'.