lionqueen1
ok im gettin ready to have another baby.. and i dont know how my 15 month old is gonna react....she like to be with mommy all the time....... she likes to be held at lot thanks to her dad.. but i dont pick her up just cuz she wants to ....
she likes to hug the baby dolls that she plays with but will she be like that with the real baby?
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My daughter was 19 months when her brother came along. The advice I have for you is talk to her. Tell her there's a baby in your tummy (she used to kiss the baby in my tummy). Tell her the doctor is going to take the baby out, and she can some see you in the hospital with daddy or grandma. Show her where the baby is going to sleep. Show her the baby's new clothes, diapers, swing...
Talk, talk, talk about what's going to happen. We took her shopping and she bought a little gift for the baby. She and grandma wrapped it and brought it to the baby when he was born. She was so proud! The baby also brought HER a present! (It's hard for them to watch all the gifts the new baby might get).
DO NOT promise the baby will come out and play with her. It's not true, and might give the the idea that the baby is going to be this full grown playmate for her. Show her newborns when you're out and about, or get picture books at the library.
She may be shy or jealous at first, or she might try and take over...depends on the kid. My daughter wanted to "help" all the time. It's great when you need something like a diaper, or the wipes, but remember never to leave them unsupervised together, in case she gets the idea to pick up the baby. My daughter piled books ontop of my son while I was warming a bottle in the next room. She was "reading" to him. It's funny now because nothing serious happened, but you never know.
My daughter was 19 months when her brother came along. The advice I have for you is talk to her. Tell her there's a baby in your tummy (she used to kiss the baby in my tummy). Tell her the doctor is going to take the baby out, and she can some see you in the hospital with daddy or grandma. Show her where the baby is going to sleep. Show her the baby's new clothes, diapers, swing...
Talk, talk, talk about what's going to happen. We took her shopping and she bought a little gift for the baby. She and grandma wrapped it and brought it to the baby when he was born. She was so proud! The baby also brought HER a present! (It's hard for them to watch all the gifts the new baby might get).
DO NOT promise the baby will come out and play with her. It's not true, and might give the the idea that the baby is going to be this full grown playmate for her. Show her newborns when you're out and about, or get picture books at the library.
She may be shy or jealous at first, or she might try and take over...depends on the kid. My daughter wanted to "help" all the time. It's great when you need something like a diaper, or the wipes, but remember never to leave them unsupervised together, in case she gets the idea to pick up the baby. My daughter piled books ontop of my son while I was warming a bottle in the next room. She was "reading" to him. It's funny now because nothing serious happened, but you never know.
Question about baby shower?
Crazy4baby
I am not very far along but since Me and my husband are not finding out the gender I was wondering should I wait to have a baby shower till the baby is born or should I just have my mom throw it as a neutral baby shower...second I am pretty sure a lot of people are coming and I just want people to be excited hang out and have some food I am not looking for just gifts would it be bad to write something like...
Join us on this day to celebrate a new life coming soon
Here are the places I have registered
Gifts are welcome, but not necessary.
Does that sound stupid?
yes this is my first baby.
I am not giving myself a baby shower my mom is!
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No, don't say gifts are not necessary. Believe me when I say you are going to need every bit that you get and you're not being greedy. Not to mention it is your mom who is supposed to be making out the invites since she is hosting the shower. Therefore if you say "gifts are not necessary it sounds like she is saying it and that would be weird. Same goes for adding the registries.
A neutral shower would be ok. There are a lot of things in green, yellow, white etc and people wouldn't be as apt to buy just clothing.. maybe more sleepers, socks, sheets etc and things that you will need more of. Mostly at baby showers I notice people tend to sometimes ignore your registry and buy those little sets of clothing that THEY think are cute. If you have a neutral party you'd probably get more of what you actually need.
You don't need to say "here are the places I have registered" You could just put "registries: " and then list them.
If you have the shower after you could just say it's a Non-traditional shower.. shower being the key word so that people would know to bring a gift without you having to outright say it. But.. you may not feel like having a room full of people around your baby after it's born. You'd be amazed how much you want to keep them to yourself after they are here. Do you really want 20 hands touching the baby all on the same day? I dunno.. it's just something to think about. If you go that route I'd set out some hand sanitizer.
Good luck making up your mind. At least you have many months to think about it :)
No, don't say gifts are not necessary. Believe me when I say you are going to need every bit that you get and you're not being greedy. Not to mention it is your mom who is supposed to be making out the invites since she is hosting the shower. Therefore if you say "gifts are not necessary it sounds like she is saying it and that would be weird. Same goes for adding the registries.
A neutral shower would be ok. There are a lot of things in green, yellow, white etc and people wouldn't be as apt to buy just clothing.. maybe more sleepers, socks, sheets etc and things that you will need more of. Mostly at baby showers I notice people tend to sometimes ignore your registry and buy those little sets of clothing that THEY think are cute. If you have a neutral party you'd probably get more of what you actually need.
You don't need to say "here are the places I have registered" You could just put "registries: " and then list them.
If you have the shower after you could just say it's a Non-traditional shower.. shower being the key word so that people would know to bring a gift without you having to outright say it. But.. you may not feel like having a room full of people around your baby after it's born. You'd be amazed how much you want to keep them to yourself after they are here. Do you really want 20 hands touching the baby all on the same day? I dunno.. it's just something to think about. If you go that route I'd set out some hand sanitizer.
Good luck making up your mind. At least you have many months to think about it :)
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