So we have a DS who will be 3 next month and 37 weeks pregnant.
His speech and understanding are amazing so we’ve discussed his baby sister coming, read him a book about a new baby, where she is right now, plus he’s helped get her room ready and seen what we’ve bought for her. We’ve talked to him about what we’ll need to do to look after her too, that she might cry, won’t be able to talk like him at first and that no matter what, he’ll always be our favourite boy. We’ve shown him videos of him as a baby too so he can see what babies are like in a snapshot.
I’m under no illusion however that when the reality of a baby in his home permanently occurs, it will be different!
I’ve also had a sudden panic around, how on earth do you manage with two who both need you but in different ways!?
DS and I have always had an amazing bond and I’m scared to lose that. Over recent weeks, he’s also (I imagine sensing the change coming) become even more attached to me than ever before. He refuses to allow his daddy to do mainly anything for him like change him, shouts and cries if his daddy tries to even come into the same room as us or sit on the sofa I’m on, follows me everywhere he can and if I go into the kitchen or upstairs, even just for something as small as to get a drink (!) he starts shouting that he wants me. It’s become really quite stressful!
I was wondering how best to go about her coming home and those first few weeks. We plan on making sure any visitors greet him first so he doesn’t feel displaced and also perhaps buying him a small gift ‘from’ his sister.
Any ideas or advice appreciated!