How did you prepare toddler for the new bub?

[wattle]

I'm just wondering what people have done to help toddlers adjust to having a new bub around.

Ds is 18 months and has become really distressed, emotional and difficult lately and I have a feeling that some of his behaviour is due to the fact that bub is only a month away. I want to help him adjust to the big change as smoothly as possible (and save my sanity :yes: ).

What did you do? What did or didn't work? Has anyone else had a toddler experience this just before a bub was born?

[jessgray]

my DS has been very acepting of my growing belly (its now his pillow) and some times wont let DP touch me lol

i would explain what it will be like when bubs comes and how he/she will be a big sibling and what that entails.and i would take them to place like target and let them pick out some stuff for bub :) like a cot sheet set and a few jumpsuits and let them pick a present for bub.

i dont think i have to worry much about my ds i think he is too young to be worried IYKWIM.

[tickle]

Oh Wattle only a month to go!:smiliedance:
You've probably done everything that we did already. We read books about babies and lots of them. Talked about stuff that was for the baby, looked at babies, touched babies....think that's about it.
O was initially attention seeking and being rather silly around her. A huge scratch down her nose one day proved that. But in the last month or so he has been really good and has obviously gotten over his inital jealousy. He's so sweet to her now, even when he thinks I'm not watching. She's probably a bit more interesting to him now too. She smiles and laughs at him and watches him etc. Sorry he didn't have any problems before she was born. I don't think he could actually understand what was going to happen really.
Good luck with it all.:hugs:

[MamaSage]

My daughter is older than your boy, so I guess he may not understand as much as Bridie does, but here's what we have done... She has attended the appointments with the midwife (2) and the MW let her listen to the heartbeat and 'help' measure my stomach. She attended the ultrasound at 20 weeks and saw the baby on the screen. We told her from the start that we were going to have another baby, that it would come out of my vagina, it would hurt :rolleyes: and I would cry (lol) and that the baby would drink milk from my boobies - which is the only thing she has issues with for some reason. She is old enough to grasp what we have told her, and as we have been straight with her from the start and been very matter of fact about it I think she will be fine. She knows that baby will sleep with us, but she can still come in our bed too. She has helped me make a pile of nappies and clothes for the baby as well. We just involved her in all we could and tried to make it as normal as possible.