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Posted by E.S. on May 30, 2003 at 13:51:55:
In Reply to: Re: Introducing new baby to his sister posted by AngelaB on May 30, 2003 at 10:53:04:
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: I am 6 months pregnant with a girl & have a 19 1/2 month old daughter. Over the past several months, I've been explaining that there is a baby in my tummy & that it will get bigger & bigger & one day come out & that we'll have a baby. She's a little young to understand the concept, but points at my tummy & says "baby". Of course, everyone else has a baby in their tummy too. She is very fascinated with infants, but gets pretty nervous when they cry. My husband & I have bought her a baby doll that we plan to give her shortly before the baby is born. That way, she'll have a baby to take care of while I'm busy with the new baby (I'm going to nurse as well). We're hoping that the toy will help somewhat with the transition.
I agree with you Angela. I did the same with my baby. She was very excited while I was pregnant and after the baby was born we gave her a little baby for her to take care of which she did and would also say her sister was her baby which was great. We also tried to go give her extra attention so she wouldn't feel left out. She was very happy with for the first 4 months, but then began to hit her in front of my face. I was very worried about this because I did not know how to stop this behavior toward her sister. I tried extra attention, I let her help out with the baby, etc. She still kept hitting her. I had to discipline her because she just would not stop hitting her. A time out or even sending her to room did not help the problem at this age. One day, it got so bad that when we were cooking, I had the baby on the kitchen table. She grabbed those metal things for the mixer. I tried to catch her and take them away but she was so quick and hit her on the head and caused little tiny pinpoint dots of blood on her head. The baby was okay. I don't believe in spanking but this had just gone so far that I was afraid one day she would kill her. I gave her a hard smack on the hand. She never did this again and loves her sister dearly. They share a room, always play together, constantly hugging eachother and kissing eachother's cheeks.