Toddler welcoming new baby..book suggestions?

[Mazzymum]

Hello, does anybody please have some suggestions for books that would help a 2.5 yr little boy welcome a new baby? Something that we could read together about new babies would be great. Doesn't have to be all sweetnes and light, if anyone knows of any books that mention jealousy or feeling a bit angry or sad , that would be fantastic. Baby due in 8 weeks and little boy LOVES little babies but would like to have all (well yknim) bases covered!! Thanks

[dee73]

Hi Mazzymum - we've got a few books handed down to us for this very reason... the best is one called "There's a House Inside my Mummy" I can't tell you the author as we're interstate atm and didn't bring it with us, but it's great and ds really enjoys it.

There are heaps on the market though, some written seriously, some funny, some in prose, some with real pics and some with illustrations. So the best thing you can do is go into a large bookshop and just browse through them to decide what sort of thing you want.

[Mother Goose]

A friend of mine read her daughter "A new baby for Grace" (or something like that, I remember the name Grace in the title). The book is about how Daddy goes away for a little while then brings home a Mummy and a new baby. It tells how Grace is told "No" a lot "No, not like that Grace. Be gentle with the baby Grace" and how Grace gets sad because people keep telling her 'no'. Of course, it has a happy ending when she tries do something nice and people tell her she is so kind etc.

HTH

MG

[dee73]

Just remembered... The Science of Parenting has some good tips in it for helping a sibling deal with a new arrival. One suggestion is to use puppets to help your little boy express how he's feeling, if he's sad, jealous, etc.

[Mazzymum]

Thankyou! I forgot to mention that i live in a non-english speaking city, so browsing in english bookshops is pretty limited. There are 2 shops but you can imagine that the selection is pretty small as they have a limited space for all subjects.

[Ozziehoffy]

You may be able to find one of the books through ebay? I have seen the "There's a House inside my Mummy" book on there before. HTH and all the best with your new bub and little man