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CHAPTER ONE

How Can I Best Prepare Our Child for the Birth of a New Baby?


Your first step, obviously, is to announce that the baby’s on the way. The “whens” and “hows” of this depend not only on the age of your first child, but also on that child’s interest in the event and relative maturity. Each child will handle the news differently, in his or her own unique way, no matter how you prepare your child. And the child who is initially pleased about becoming a big sister or brother may have a change of heart once the baby is born, or even six months after that.

No matter what your child’s age, don’t be surprised, if after you share the big news, your child just drops the subject for a while.

Exactly when you tell your child will depend to a large extent on the child’s age. A pregnancy that seems long enough to you will be a lifetime to a child whose concept of time is still fuzzy.

We worry not only about our child’s acceptance of the new baby, but also about our own. (Will I ever be able to love this child as much as my first one?) We fall in love with each child in a different way and at a different pace. Don’t worry. It does happen in the natural sequence of things.

Welcoming Your Second Baby

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