| Our son was 21 months when his sister was born two weeks ago and so far, so good.
He was a bit unsettled with me being in hospital so he came to visit me everyday (I missed him so much!) and I made sure that Grandma (who lives here) and Daddy spent as much time with him as possible. Fortunetly my husband had a weeks paternity leave from his company and it made a huge difference in settling my son in and it meant he got to spend a lot of time with Daddy.
So far our son has shown nothing but love and interest in his little sister- he wants to hold and kiss her all the time, and he finds it absolutely hilarious when she gets the hiccups, and then tries to give himself the hiccups too! When she cries he tells her to 'stop crying,' and pats her tummy!
Fortunetly she's a very good baby, and still in the eating and sleeping stage which means am still able to spend a lot of time with my son- and when our newborn is awake I put her in the chair or play mat next to us so I can continue playing with my son.
I try to involve him as much as possible with his sister- and he's happy to go get her 'small nappy,' when it needs changing and things like that. He likes to help.
At the same time I'm trying to make sure he gets as much attention as usual....!  |