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New Baby Sibling: Preparing an Older Child and the First Weeks
Guides for a new sibling: preparing a toddler for the baby, homecoming, jealousy and regression, safety rules and keeping the older child close.
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- Letting an Older Child Grieve the Arrival of a Sibling Letting an older child grieve what a new baby changes: what that grief looks like, words to try, and how to hold limits with warmth.
- New Sibling at Home: Everyday Connection for the Older Child Daily habits that keep an older child close after a new baby: one-on-one time, not blaming the baby, big feelings and repair.
- New Sibling: Homecoming and the First Weeks Bringing the new baby home: the first meeting, visitors, regression in the older child, steady routines and not forcing love or help.
- Preparing Your Toddler for a New Baby Getting a toddler ready for the baby: what to say, what to change and when.
- A Toddler and a Newborn: Handling the Daily Juggle Feeds, bedtime and getting out with a toddler and a newborn.
- When Your Toddler Falls Apart After the New Baby Comes Home Why a toddler can flip after the baby comes home, and what helps.
- Older Siblings and the Baby: Safety Ground Rules Safety ground rules for toddlers and older siblings around a new baby: supervision, holding, gentle touch, small toys and germs.
- Why Comparing Siblings Backfires Why comparing siblings backfires, why it's so tempting anyway, and what to say instead to see each child for who they are.
- Sibling Rivalry: When to Step In When Kids Fight Why siblings fight, when to stay out, coach or step in, and habits that lower rivalry in every kind of family.
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