A book that illustrates having a new brother or sister

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mum2oliver · 17/09/2006 19:52

Im due a baby and want to prepare my 3 yr old ds as well as poss.Does anyone know of a book that illustrated this and that will help him to understand?

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ledodgyrobespierre · 17/09/2006 19:53

There's a great book called there's a house inside my mummy

bakedpotato · 17/09/2006 19:57

this one worked for us

pointydog · 17/09/2006 19:58

Do you mean understand the biology of it or the emotional upheaval? Sophie's Baby is a good book about feeling frustrated and unloved when the baby comes along but it all turns out swell.

ledodgyrobespierre · 17/09/2006 19:59

this one's good too it doesn't have words so you can make your own story up to the pictures

gemmiegoatlegs · 17/09/2006 20:02

We went with the old school _Topsy and Tim and the New Baby. It showed the brother having conflicting feelings as well as things babies do including breastfeeding.

wrinklytum · 17/09/2006 20:51

There is a nice one called "Zsa Zsas Baby Brother"by Lucy Cousins who does the 'Maisie' books for when baby arrives.Love "Annie-Rose is my Little Sister" about sib relationships by Shirley Hughes.(beautifully illustrated).For comedy value in a touching way I love a couple of Pingu episodes- one where his little sister is born and hatches out of the egg and also one where Pingu gets jealous of his little sister!!!I found that when I talked to ds about how he felt when his sister was born he could relate to the latter one!!!Obviously the egg thing could be a little confusing!!They are both on the "Pingu Forever" dvd (How sad am I ???)Good luck with no 2!

youknowyouloveitCOD · 17/09/2006 20:51

topsy and tim new baby
dead cheap too

princessmel · 17/09/2006 20:54

Topsy and tim do one and so does Spot. 'Spots baby sister' I think its called. We had 'Theres a house inside my mummy' too. It was lovely, nice ryming words and pictures that really seemed to fit with our family. I also got one called 'Im a big brother' from Amazon . Good luck

hana · 17/09/2006 20:57

we had a few

Waiting for Baby and The New Baby ( Child's Play 2.99 from Amazon) are excellent - neither have words, just ex illustrations about preparing for the baby ( going to scans, mum exhausted on sofa while dad gets supper, decorating nursery etc) and then the second book has lovely pictures of feeding, changing, playing with the baby.

I'm a Big Sister ( also one called I'm a Big Brother) by Joanne Cole is also v v good. Tells a bit about what a baby can't do but what the big sibling can.

joelallie · 18/09/2006 15:57

The Day the teddy bears came. Can't remember the author but it was published by Walker books

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