Books about a new baby in the family...

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I am looking for something to read my 2 year old DD to introduce her to the idea of having a little brother/sister (I am 5 months preg). I tried to explain it myself, but she ended up thinking I'd eaten a baby... We have the one about Mummy's tummy being a house, but it is dead boring. I wanted something a bit more realistic about what a having a baby in the family is going to be like (i.e. they cry, you may feel irritated/jealous... etc) rather than a sunny image of everyone loving each other and happily sharing their toys! Any suggestions?

How about a baby dolly? There's nothing like role-play for getting children used to the idea of something new. She can help you put dolly to bed, change a nappy, take him/her for walks and you can even make up scenarios like.... 'Oh dear, we've just started to have our lunch and I can hear dolly crying! What shall we do?' .... I wouldn't dwell too much on things like jealousy and irritation, she may feel neither of those things.

We had these:

www.amazon.co.uk/My-New-Baby-Rachel-Fuller/dp/1846432766/ref=pd_sim_b_2

www.amazon.co.uk/Topsy-Tim-Baby-Jean-Adamson/dp/1409300560/ref=pd_sim_b_6

I thought they were good,maybe have a read of the amazon reviews?

someone brought me the book from this set. Its quite sweet and discusses siblings all being loved.

I got this one for DD1 - who was 21mths when DD2 was born. I read it to her during the last month of pregnancy and although initially she didn't seem that interested, it became a favourite. Once the baby arrived I do think it really helped her to understand - it talks about "sometimes babies cry" and the baby being "too little to walk, too little to talk", and how being the big sister is fun because she is big enough to play in the playground, and eat apples, and pizza, and ice cream, and how special she is, because she's unique.

www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Big-Sister-Joanna-Cole/dp/0688145094#_

We got Silly Baby from our local library and DD (who was three a couple of months after DS was born) really liked it. Might have helped that Beth in the story looked a bit like her so I changed the name to DD's name when we read it :)

The baby is very silly because he can't talk and has no hair and just cries and sleeps. Beth is a bit sad that he's getting all the attention until astute granny notices and makes her feel better. It was simple for DD to understand and she still talks about it sometimes now. Doesn't cover the pregnancy bit though.

Not sure why it only has two stars as the single review it has is very positive