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My two preschoolers/toddlers will soon meet their new sibling in at least a month or two from now. At my kids’ age of discovery and learning, it is just right to have them ready. They just got to know. They are a part of the family. Right?
As parents, we might have questions like: Will it excite them to see a new baby in my arms? Or will it break the bond or may be create distance that I made with them? Are they ready for the new addition?
These are freaky questions; and answers will only come once we are there.
I guess it depends on how they were prepared. But no matter how much we did as parents, let us also consider each child’s differences. Each child may still show her/his own individual personality in reaction to a new situation such as this.
The list below shows what we have started doing with our kids:
I should say, that the first three have made a good impact to our firstborn when she became an “Ate” to Calixto at the age of 1 year old and 1 month. There were little adjustments on both of our parts. The next two, we have to find out!
Should there be more? Please add some before I pop! =)
Thank you for reading!
The time will soon be at hand!
When’s The Due. I have nine weeks to go as of today. My first two kids arrived earlier than expected. But I’m hoping that that won’t happen again for the third time.
What Mom Feels. On my third trimester, I can really feel my baby inside; the weight of her and the bulk of my tummy. Her moves and jerks. Her kicks and bumps on me whenever she might be hungry or just needs to float around. I think she is happy because her mom is.
What Dad Says. Chris says that this tummy is bigger than my first two before. I may agree but sometimes it just feels the same as before. But may be…he may be right!
Learned Lessons. Well, probably because I was able to take care of myself better this time than the first two. I have learned that stress and pressure really affects pregnancy. So, just don’t mind whatever it is. And I have learned to be faithful to my prenatal meds more than before. I guess I have learned my lessons from the past.
This may not be my first pregnancy but this is the only and first ever pregnancy that I am almost always at home. This kind of pregnancy is what I have always dreamed of. I think this is the reason why my baby is happy.
She is as precious as my other children.
What a surprise that I will soon be having another baby girl while my eldest is also a girl and yet I have taken so much interest in buying and eventually religiously reading on this book, “The Little Boy Book” by Sheila Moore and Roon Frost.
I bought this on a recent book sale so that I would be able to understand my one and only little boy, my middle child. I just sometimes feel I am loosing all my patience and thoughts come to my mind if I doing the right thing for him. Am I just being too reactive on my little boy’s temperaments?
Having read the first few chapters have already enlightened me why and how my little boy acts so different from her big sister. As we all know, boys are more active than girls. Boys are more aggressive, more spontaneous, more defiant and more non-compliant. They tend to do what you would not like them to do. They would climb up and down, wrestle or hit other kids, eat anything even if it’s crawling, get dirty and the list goes on. Also, most of the boys have delayed milestone development and learning disabilities as compared to girls.
There are reasons behind these situations and I found them on the book. What a great help in understanding the temperaments of my little boy!
Some mothers who have little boys including me find it strange at first why my boy is acting so differently from his sister and even more different from how we as parents were as a child. Parents need to train boys. Boys need to get the message what parents want from them. The message that parents need to send would still be love and concern for their little boys no matter how difficult they may be.
I am beginning to really get equipped of how to handle my difficult child and be able to show more love for him while disciplining him.
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