Preparing your child for the arrival of a new baby

The excitement of finding out you’re having a baby can sometimes be matched by anxiety about how your older child will react. Their little world, as they know it, will soon be turned upside-down by the arrival of a tiny, yet noisy creature that will demand a lot of their parent’s attention and time.

When we found out we were having twins our eldest child hadn’t even turned two yet and one of my immediate worries was about how he would cope. One new baby and a toddler seemed (sort of) manageable but juggling two newborns and giving our firstborn the attention he needed felt impossible. But we also knew that he was a loving and gentle boy who would be excited about having some new playmates and little brothers to boss around.

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