We immediately stopped him getting on our bed and couches. It took him a bit of getting used to, but he was fine with it after a bit. We showed him all of DD's stuff, and he could see in her room, but wasn't allowed in there. In the end we stopped him going in our room too because we had wooden floors and I didn't want the sound of his toenails waking DD when she was sleeping in there.

He already had a mat in the lounge room and went there when we told him. This was the best thing, as I knew I could tell him "get on your may" and he'd go straight there. We also left DD's pram out in the lounge room to get used to, as all of her day naps were in the pram basinette attachment.

When I was in hospital with DD, DH brought home clothes that she'd worn to smell. He was really interested at first but got over it quickly. When we came home, I went in first on my own - it'd been there days since he'd seen me and I looked different now! Then DH came in with DD. We all spoke softly, we were calm and relaxed, so he had a sniff and went on his way. It's been great