3-yr-old becoming a big sister?

Don't worry over it. I had a number of losses & when I had my 1st I never worried about having another....since I was thankful to have him. I have always lavished him with attention (still do), and we had #2 when he was three. Although he never cared for younger kids or being nurturing, he's been an awesome big bro to my 2nd (now 2 1/2 yrs old). The biggest thing is to try to make sure you aren't displacing her. There is no need to worry over anything else. She is still who she is in your family regardless. It will just be a bit more juggling when the new baby comes home to try to keep her reassured that she will get lots of attention & affection & to meet the needs of the new baby. Once she feels secure that she is *just8 as loved & *just* as important as ever, she will do just fine. LOTS of people made comments about how would my older one "take it" when there is another baby - as if somehow giving lots of hugs makes a kid unable to cope. I found quite the opposite, I did my best to keep up the level of hugs & kisses & never had a moment of sibling rivalry. He adores his brother. It isn't "his personality" either, because as I said, he doesn't really usually *like* little ones & everyone else thought we paid "too much" attention to him for him to be okay with sharing a spotlight. In my experience children have no reason to feel jealous UNLESS the new child really does mean they aren't getting their own needs met. Rivalry comes from feeling like you * have to* compete for mom & dad's attention & affection. If it is given freely enough, there should be no reason for children to compete for that.

A good way is to say to her that she is going to be a big sister and encourage her to help you with looking after the baby, also you could get some story books about being a big sister and read them with her x

My oldest daughter was 3 when I had her sister. It was really difficult at first because it had just been me and her for so long. She will adjust trust me. She will become just as much of a protecter of her sibling as you are.....actually believe it or not even more. Siblings have a bond that is just so strong. Good luck!

Troyette, she will be of the opinion that you frequently harm those that love you the most as their love is unconditional. regrettably concept she is likewise possibly very attentive to ways badly she has screwed up her existence and is too some distance down the course to exhibit issues round at this level of her existence. would all proper experience like a 24 three hundred and sixty 5 days previous occurring to sixty 5 years of age because of her existence reviews. regrettably regardless of the reality that till she realizes that she has hit her all-time low there is no longer a hell of plenty you may do. you could attitude her and allow her understand that if and at the same time as she is in a position to get extreme about cleansing up her existence that you will be there for her yet that if she is going to attempt to play then you definately she will play on my own. do no longer enable her to attempt to make you experience responsible or something because her behaviour has no longer something to do with the way you dealt with her earlier in her existence, Alcoholic or no longer she is extra then attentive to who particularly loved her at the same time as she replaced into most efficient a extra social and typical existence yet has chosen a diverse course right now in her existence for some unknown reason. hopefully she will be ready to comprehend what she is doing to herself and her loved ones earlier issues get too risky and so on. best of success.