Jealousy, what would you do?

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Hi my dd is 7 and I'm 32+3 my dd seemed very happy when I told her she would have a sister. However the past couple of weeks her behaviour has changed. Tried to get to the cause of this behaviour by talking to her, she told me that even though she knew she shouldn't be she was jealouse. I told her that it was normal for her to feel like this and she shouln't feel bad.

Tried getting her involved by letting her pick out what her sister could wear when she came home. Her dad takes her boxing at the weekend so they can spend some quality time together. I want to do things with her but my pregnancy hasn't been easy and I'm so exhausted at the moment.

Just wondering if anyone had similar experiences and what did you do?

Thanks for reading

Hi, i'm halfway through my pregnancy with my 6th (and last) baby. I can identify with feeling exhausted. Thankfully though i manage to keep going pretty well despite SPD and feeling dizzy and sick most of the time due to really low blood pressure .
My husband works fulltime and it's the 6 weeks hold atm too.

I'm always aware of the impact another baby might have on each child as an individual and although it's tricky i try to do something with each of them at least twice a week and we obviously do stuff all together everyday (often free stuff like walking the dog and going to the park).

Simple stuff often makes kids feel happy and special though, the other evening me and my husband played cludo with our eldest when the others had gone to bed.
Bakings another easy one, and i played the boys on the wii the other day and lost badly . Just sharing simple non energetic stuff like that with the kids makes my lot very happy and i make sure they know i'll still keep some special time aside for them each week when baby arrives. Fairly easy in the first few months when babys napping a lot, a little more tricky as the baby gets older ofcourse but it gives kids time to adjust anyway.

I bet when your daughter meets her little sister the jealousy will fade, i sometimes think it's fear of the unknown that can make them think they feel a bit jealous.
One of my daughters wasn't much interested when her baby brother was due and was playing up a bit. I tried the clothes thing too (asking her to help pick things for him)but she still wasn't that interested. Then i realised it was because she didn't feel the focus was on her,she was much happier when i took her shopping for herself...thats kids i guess lol.
The fact your daughter is happy to tell you how she feels is great anyway , sure it will turn out well once baby arrives. Good luck with rest of your pregnancy,take care.

Thanks Violet5 for the reassurance, I will do some of the things you mentioned in your post.

Good luck with your pregnancy and take care :)